Sparidi - Sparidae

Sparidi Sparidae comprende 125 specie pesciappartenenti all’ordine Perciformes

Bogue - Boops boops

Boops boops commonly called the bogue, is a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic. Its common name in most languages refers to its large ("bug") eyes. The species is found off the coasts of Europe, Africa, the Azores and the Canary Islands, ...

Gilt-head bream - Sparus Aurata

Gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758) is a sea bass fish and brackish waters, belonging to the Sparidae family. The name comes from the characteristic gold strip that the fish shows in the eyes. ...

Picarel - Spicara smaris

Spicara smaris (Linnaeus, 1758), commonly known as zerro, is a marine bony fish of the Centracanthidae family. ...

Saddled seabream - Oblada melanura

The saddled seabream (Oblada melanura), also called the saddle bream or oblade, is a species of fish of the family Sparidae. It is monotypic in the genus Oblada.  ...

Salema - Sarpa salpa

Salema, Sarpa Salpa (Linnaeus, 1758), commonly known as a sail, is a marine bony fish belonging to the family Sparidae. It is the only species of the genus Sarpa. ...

Sand steenbras or striped seabream - Lithognathus Mormoryus

Sand steenbras or striped seabream (Lithognathus mormyrus) is a species of marine fish in the family Sparidae. It is found in shallow water in the Mediterranean Sea and in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from France to South Africa. It also occurs in the R...

Sargo or White seabream - Diplodus Sargus

The Seabream (Diplodus) is a genus of marine bony fish belonging to the Sparidae, family, commonly known as white bream. Although the size of the white bream that can generally be observed near the coasts frequented by man are rather small, some specimens...

Greater bream - Diplodus sargus sargus

Greater bream, Diplodus sargus or Diplodus sargus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758) is a sea fish belonging to the Sparidae family. ...

Sarago sparaglione - Diplodus annularis

Si tratta del Sarago più piccolo presente nei nostri mari e forse non a caso il suo habitat ideale è la prateria di Posidonia oceanica dove questa specie trova rifugio dai predatori e cibo. Con le bombole è stato quasi impossibile avvicinarsi ...

Sargo Picudo - Diplodus puntazzo

Sargo Picudo, Diplodus puntazzo, a fish belonging to the genus of Sea Breams (Diplodus) of the Sparidae family. ...

Two-banded sea bream - Diplodus vulgaris

Diplodus vulgaris belongs to the class Osteichthyes, subclass Actinopterygii, order Peciformes, suborder Pecoidei, family Sparidae. Sarago fasciato testanera two-banded sea bream Diplodus vulgaris intotheblue.it. ...

Zebra sea bream - Diplodus cervinus

Finding Diplodus cervinus, Zebra sea bream, in the lower Ligurian Sea (or upper Tyrrhenian Sea) is a rather rare event and I would say very unusual, almost exceptional. ...

Tanuta - Cantaro - Spondyliosoma cantharus

La tanuta o cantaro Spondyliosoma cantharus (Linnaeus, 1758) è un pesce di mare della famiglia Sparidae. ...

The Sparidae family includes 125 species of saltwater fish belonging to the order Perciformes.

Distribution and habitat

The bream are widespread in all temperate and tropical waters of the world, including the Mediterranean Sea, where they are extremely common and often make up the bulk of the fish fauna of coastal areas. The area where they are represented by the greatest number of species, however, South Africa. Some sparidae are euryhaline and can be found in brackish or fresh waters. They are more frequent in coastal areas but can be found, even in large numbers in circalittoral.

Description

The form of sparidae is usually fairly uniform: the body is stretched, compressed and the sides high enough. The dorsal fin has the first spiny rays. The tail has the margin straight or bilobed. The teeth are usually very well developed, they can be canine, molariformi or incisiviformi. The livery is basically silver with spots, stripes and dark dots that make up a more fundamental importance to identify species. The sparidae deeper waters often have a red or pink background color.

Reproduction

Many species are hermaphrodites: show that male and female sexual organs, but the gonads of both sexes mature at different times so they mate fecondandosi another with another partner. Other species instead born as male specimens and aging are transformed into females (hermaphroditism proterandrous), while others are transformed into males in the group if they fail.

Supply

Most of the species is carnivorous, feeding on invertebrates, even at very hard shell such as shellfish or bivalve molluscs. Only a few large species catch small fish. Many species add to their diet plant material; in certain sparidae (like sails) plant component constitutes the vast majority of the diet.

Genera

Some of the most common species are: Diplodus sargus sargus (real seabream or greater), Diplodus vulgaris (or Banded seabream Headed), Diplodus puntazzo (Sargo picudo), Diplodus annularis (Esparrallón), Oblada melanura (Saddled seabream or Oblada), Sarpa Salpa (Salema), Sparus Aurata (Gilt Head Bream).

• Acanthopagrus Peters, 1855
• Allotaius Whitley, 1937
• Archosargus Gill, 1865

• Argyrops Swainson, 1839
• Argyrozona Smith, 1938
• Boops Cuvier, 1814
• Boopsoidea Castelnau, 1861
• Calamus Swainson, 1839
• Cheimerius Smith, 1938
• Chrysoblephus Swainson, 1839
• Chrysophrys Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
• Crenidens Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830
• Cymatoceps Smith, 1938
• Dentex Cuvier, 1814
• Diplodus Rafinesque, 1810
• Evynnis Jordan & Thompson, 1912
• Gymnocrotaphus Günther, 1859
• Lagodon Holbrook, 1855
• Lithognathus Swainson, 1839
• Oblada Cuvier, 1829
• Pachymetopon Günther, 1859
• Pagellus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830
• Pagrus Cuvier, 1816
• Parargyrops Tanaka, 1916
• Petrus Smith, 1938
• Polyamblyodon Norman, 1935
• Polysteganus Klunzinger, 1870
• Porcostoma Smith, 1938
• Pterogymnus Smith, 1938
• Puntazzo Bleeker, 1876
• Rhabdosargus Fowler, 1933
• Sarpa Bonaparte, 1831
• Sparidentex Munro, 1948
• Sparodon Smith, 1938
• Sparus Linnaeus, 1758
• Spondyliosoma Cantor, 1849

• Stenotomus Gill, 1865
• Virididentex Poll, 1971

(Wikipedia)

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