Two-banded sea bream - Diplodus vulgaris

Sarago fasciato two-banded sea bream Diplodus vulgaris intotheblue.it

Sarago fasciato Diplodus vulgaris intotheblue.it

Diplodus vulgaris belongs to the class Osteichthyes, subclass Actinopterygii, order Peciformes, suborder Pecoidei, family Sparidae.

Oval-shaped, like all the sparidae, it generally has a size around  20-25 cm in adulthood. The mouth is very small. Predominantly carnivorous feeds on small crustaceans and worms.

It is easily distinguished from the other sparidae for the two dark spots in the shape of a saddle, one in the anterior part between the dorsal fin and the eye, the other in the caudal area, the back is gray mind the hips and the belly have a silvery color.

Sarago fasciato Diplodus vulgaris intotheblue.it

It is common throughout the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean to Senegal. It prefers the shallows characterized by rocky areas where it easily finds shelter inside the burrows. It is a fish that loves social life and in fact we find it in herds both among its own similar and with other fish of different species.

It is a gregarious species, sometimes forming groups composed even by many specimens. In the shallows, it often creates smaller groups even with other similar species.

Adults feed on benthic invertebrates, crustaceans, worms and mollusks. It is considered an important food fish.

Distribution and habitat

This species is widespread in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Black Sea and in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, at depths of 0 to 160 m, more commonly between 0 and 30 m.

It inhabits rocky, sandy bottoms and seagrass beds. On sandy bottoms, it can be often found following species that dig the sand and trying to steal their food.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplodus_vulgaris

 

Sarago fasciato Diplodus vulgaris intotheblue.it
Sarago fasciato Diplodus vulgaris intotheblue.it

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