Spotted seabass (Dicentrarchus punctatus)

Scientific name: Dicentrarchus punctatus Bloch, 1792

Spotted seabass (Dicentrarchus punctatus)

The Spotted seabass (Dicentrarchus punctatus) is a brackish-water fish of the family Moronidae.

Biology

Coastal species. Occurs on various kinds of bottoms. Occasionally occurring in rivers. Feeds mainly on shrimps and mollusks, also fishes.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Dicentrarchus punctatus
Family
Moronidae (Temperate basses)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
70.0
Common length
30.0
Depth range
30 m (98 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 30 - ? m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: English Channel (occasional) southward along the coasts of Europe and Morocco to Senegal and the Canary Islands; also southern Mediterranean and the Gulf of Suez.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.16)

Sources

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

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