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Sparus aurata (Silver seabream; Bream; Gilt head bream; Gilthead; Gilthead bream; Gilthead seabream; Gilt-head seabream; Snapper; Gilt head)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The gilt-head (sea) bream (Sparus aurata) is a fish of the bream family Sparidae found in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern coastal regions of the North Atlantic Ocean. It commonly reaches about 35 centimetres (1.15 ft) in length, but may reach 70 cm (2.3 ft) and weigh up to about 17 kilograms (37 lb). The gilt-head bream is generally considered the best-tasting of the breams. It is the single species of the genus Sparus – the Latin name for this fish – which has given the whole family of Sparidae its name. Its specific name, aurata, derives from the gold bar marking between its eyes.
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Infraspecies

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Sparus aurata

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  20.856 lbs (9.46 kg)
Maximum Longevity [2]  11 years

Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Arctozenus risso (Spotted barracudina)[3]
Bittium reticulatum (needle whelk)[3]
Gammarus locusta[3]
Lanice conchilega (schelpkokerworm)[3]
Scopelocheirus hopei[3]

Predators

Phalacrocorax carbo (Great Cormorant)[3]

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
2Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
3Jorrit 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.
4Gibson, 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