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Diplodus holbrookii (Spottail seabream; Spottail pinfish; Porgy)

Synonyms: Diplodus holbrooki; Sargus holbrookii
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Spottail pinfish, Diplodus holbrookii, is an ocean-going species of fish in the family Sparidae. It is also known as the Spottail seabream. Along with other members of their family, Spottail pinfish are occasionally eaten and considered by some to be a panfish.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve 40530 United States  

Prey / Diet

Acetes americanus (aviu shrimp)[1]
Aeginina longicornis[1]
Boiga dendrophila (Gold-ringed Cat Snake, Mangrove Snake)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Larimus fasciatus (Banded drum)1
Paralonchurus brasiliensis (Drum)1
Trichiurus lepturus (Atlantic Cutlassfish)1

Predators

Tursiops truncatus (Bottlenosed Dolphin)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Macvicaria crassigula[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Food of Northwest Atlantic Fishes and Two Common Species of Squid, Ray E. Bowman, Charles E. Stillwell, William L. Michaels, and Marvin D. Grosslein, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-155 (2000)
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0