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Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Pagellus: Diminutive of Latin, pager, derived from Greek, pagros = a fish, Dentex sp. (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Steindachner.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 100 - 250 m (Ref. 27000), usually 10 - 50 m (Ref. 5377). Subtropical; 37°N - 17°S, 19°W - 14°E
Eastern Atlantic: Strait of Gibraltar to Angola, including the southwestern Mediterranean (Ref. 3469) and the Canary Islands.
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm 12.2 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 42.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 4781); common length : 25.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 4781)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 12.
Occurs in schools over hard as well as sandy bottoms, especially in the upper 100 m. Omnivorous with a predominantly carnivorous diet (including crustaceans, cephalopods, small fish, amphioxus and worms). Protogynic hermaphrodite (Ref. 3688). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 127989.
Intermittent spawning occurs from the second year onwards between May and November according to the latitude, the stock moving toward the coast for this purpose.
Bauchot, M.-L. and J.-C. Hureau, 1990. Sparidae. p. 790-812. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3688)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
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