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Oblada melanurus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Saddled seabream
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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Oblada: Latin, oblatus = flattened at the poles; it also exists oblata = turbot (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino bentopelágico; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad ? - 30 m (Ref. 3688). Subtropical; 44°N - 15°S, 19°W - 36°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay, the Mediterranean, and from the Strait of Gibraltar to Angola. Also known from Madeira, Cape Verde and the Canary Islands.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 18.8  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 36.6 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 115876); common length : 20.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3688); peso máximo publicado: 525.00 g (Ref. 115876)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Gregarious, forms aggregations over rocky bottoms or seagrass beds (Zostera and seaweeds). Omnivorous but feeds mainly on small invertebrates (Ref. 3688). Important food fish.

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Mainly gonochoric, but some are hermaphroditic protogynous (Ref. 4781).

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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: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 August 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial; pesca deportiva: si
FAO - pesquerías: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 17.8 - 27.7, mean 19.6 °C (based on 755 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01148 (0.01029 - 0.01281), b=3.03 (3.00 - 3.06), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.35 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (tm=2-4; tmax=11; K=0.20).
Prior r = 0.78, 95% CL = 0.52 - 1.17, Based on 3 data-limited stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 70.4 [38.6, 131.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.888 [0.491, 1.580] mg/100g; Protein = 19 [17, 21] %; Omega3 = 0.329 [0.211, 0.529] g/100g; Selenium = 20.4 [10.1, 39.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 23 [6, 76] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.937 [0.656, 1.330] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.