Spotted seabass
📖 Overview
Coastal species , found in coastal marine and brackish waters . Occurs on various kinds of bottoms, including sand, muddy sand and rocks; occasionally occurring in rivers . Also capable of living in hypersaline habitats (Sine Saloum in Senegal) . Feeds mainly on shrimps and mollusks, also fishes .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 10 - 12. Diagnosis: elongate fish with 2 separate dorsal fins and a rather deep caudal peduncle; vomerine teeth patch anchor-shaped, with the posterior teeth extending to the midline of palate; scales on interorbital space ctenoid; opercle with 2 flat spines; lower preopercular margin with large, forward-pointing spines; caudal fin moderately forked; scales small . Coloration: silvery grey, back bluish in life; juveniles and adults with small dark markings scattered over back and sides; a very distinct black spot on opercle .: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Spotted seabass is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Spotted seabass is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 30 - ? m . Subtropical; 51°N - 10°N
🌿 Ecology
shrimps and mollusks, also fishes (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Black-spotted Bass · Spotted seabass · Three Bar Porcupinefish · sea bass · spotted bass · spotted sea-bass |
| 🏳️Catalan | llobarro pigallat |
| 🌍CES | mořčák tečkovaný |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Plettet bars · plettet havbars · Platykokali · Plettet fløjfisk |
| 🇩🇪German | Gefleckter seebarsch · gefleckte Seebarsch · gefleckte Wolfsbarsch |
| 🌍ELL | Στικτό λαβράκι · Στικτό λαυράκι |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | täpläbassi |
| 🇫🇷French | Bar tacheté · Loup tigré · Truite de Mer · bar moucheté |
| 🌍GLG | Robaliza de pintas |
| 🌍HEB | לברק נקוד |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Branzino macchiato · Branzino maculato · Branzino puntato · Bullisa · Buracciola · Pemice · Spigola · Spigola macchiata · Spigola puntata · Spinula · Spinula 'mperiali · Vulpette · Vuraccia · Vuraccina · spigola maculata |
| 🌍MLT | Spnotta · Spnotta tat-tbajja |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | gevlekte zeebaars |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Labraks centkowany |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Robalo · Robalo-baila |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Пятнистый лаврак |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Baila · Lubrina Atruchada |
| 🌍SQI | levreku pikalosh |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | fläckig havsabborre |
| 🌍TUR | Beneklilevrek baliği · benekli levrek |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 11 records indexed .
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