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Spotted seabass - Wikipedia

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Spotted seabass

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Moronidae
Genus:	Dicentrarchus
Species:	D. punctatus
Binomial name
*Dicentrarchus punctatus* (Bloch, 1792)
Synonyms
Sciaena punctata Bloch, 1792 Bodianus punctatus (Bloch, 1792) Labrax lupus punctatus (Bloch, 1792) Labrax punctatus (Bloch, 1792) Morone punctatus (Bloch, 1792) Perca punctata (Bloch, 1792) Perca punctulata Lacépède, 1802 Labrax orientalis Günther, 1863 Dicentrarchus orientalis (Günther, 1863) Labrax schoenleinii W. K. H. Peters, 1865

The spotted seabass (Dicentrarchus punctatus) is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Moronidae, the temperate basses. This species is found in the marine and brackish waters of the coastal eastern Atlantic Ocean from the English Channel to the Canary Islands and Senegal, as well as through the Mediterranean Sea.

Taxonomy

The spotted seabass was first formally described as Sciaena punctata in 1792 by the German physician and naturalist Marcus Elieser Bloch with its type locality given as the Mediterranean Sea.^[2] This is one of two species in the genus Dicentrarchus, the other being the European seabass (D. labrax),^[2] and this genus and the genus Morone make up the family Moronidae, the temperate basses.^[3]

Habitat

The spotted seabass generally lives in brackish water at depths below approximately 30 m (98 ft).^[4] It generally lives in subtropical waters, ranging from the coast of Brittany in the north to the coast of Africa and the Canary Islands in the south and also encompassing almost all of the coastline of the eastern Mediterranean Sea and going as far west as the Azores.^[4]

Description

The spotted seabass can grow up to a size of about 70 cm (28 in); however, it usually only reaches a size of about 30 cm (12 in).^[4] It is a silver-grey fish covered in black spots and also has a blue back whilst alive.^[4]^[5] These black spots are only found on the adults; as well, the opercle has a rather large black spot.^[5]

Biology

The spotted seabass is almost exclusively carnivorous. Its diet is largely composed of shrimp and molluscs; additionally, it at times eats smaller fish than itself.^[4]^[5] The spotted seabass breeds at various times based on geography; in the Mediterranean it generally spawns from January until March whereas in the English Channel and other northern areas this range is from March until May.^[5]

Wikispecies has information related to Spotted seabass.

Utilisation

The spotted seabass is regarded as a highly palatable fish and is commercially harvested using bottom trawls, beach seines, trammel nets and by hook-and-line. It is also a popular as a game fish for angling in the Eastern Central Atlantic. This fish is used for aquaculture frequently being cultured in ponds. The flesh is sold either fresh or frozen.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Carpenter, K.E.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; de Bruyne, G.; de Morais, L. (2015). "Dicentrarchus punctatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198671A21913001. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T198671A21913001.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Dicentrarchus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Moronidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dicentrarchus punctatus". FishBase. February 2023 version.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d J-C Hureau. "Dicentrarchus labrax". Fishes of the Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Retrieved 28 March 2023.

Taxon identifiers
Dicentrarchus punctatus	Wikidata: Q302464 Wikispecies: Dicentrarchus punctatus BOLD: 708131 CoL: 35J95 EoL: 46578725 EUNIS: 14637 FishBase: 394 GBIF: 2394640 iNaturalist: 118616 IRMNG: 10544858 ITIS: 170318 IUCN: 198671 NBN: NBNSYS0000181280 NCBI: 94946 Observation.org: 186003 OBIS: 126976 Open Tree of Life: 335530 WoRMS: 126976
Sciaena punctata	Wikidata: Q106418019 CoL: 4VH72 EUNIS: 14638 GBIF: 2394648 iNaturalist: 231976 IRMNG: 11303466 ITIS: 641856 WoRMS: 304374

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