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Spicara melanurus (Valenciennes, 1830)

Blackspot picarel
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: questionable
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: In Ref. 6518, 7349; very doubtful records, no specimens in the MMF collection and never been caught in the Canary Is. (Ref. 74541).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Wirtz, P., R. Fricke and M.J. Biscoito, 2008
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Common names from other countries

Picarel de l'Atlantique sud-es, Sucla, شَذّام المحيط الأطلسي الجنوبي الشرقي, ... more

Classification / Names Tên thường gặp | Các synonym ( Các tên trùng) | Catalog of Fishes(Giống, Các loài) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Spicara: Latin, spicare = furnished with spike (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Valenciennes.

Issue
Placement in Sparidae from Centracanthidae from Santini et al. (2014:Ref. 95347). Suggestion already made in Garrido-Ramos et al. 1995; Hanel & Sturmbauer 2000; Summerer et al. 2001; Orrell et al. 2002; Orrell & Carpenter 2004; Chiba et al. 2009; Hanel & Tsigenopoulos 2011.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Sinh thái học

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