Black seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus)

Scientific name: Spondyliosoma cantharus Linnaeus, 1758

Black seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus)

The Black seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus) is a marine fish of the family Sparidae. Native range: Eastern Atlantic, Scandinavia to northern Namibia, including the Strait of Gibraltar, Mediterranean and the Black Sea, Madeira, Canary Islands, and Cape Verde.

Biology

Found over seagrass beds and rocky and sandy bottoms to about 300 m. Gregarious, sometimes in large schools. Omnivorous, feeding on seaweeds and small invertebrates, especially crustaceans. Protogynic hermaphrodites. An important food fish.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Spondyliosoma cantharus
Family
Sparidae (Porgies)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
60.0
Common length
30.0
Depth range
5–300 m (16–984 ft)
Environment
Marine; benthopelagic; oceanodromous; depth range 5 - 300 m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: Scandinavia to northern Namibia, including the Strait of Gibraltar, Mediterranean and the Black Sea, Madeira, Canary Islands, and Cape Verde.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: public aquariums
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.3; Fec=36,000; tm=4)

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Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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