Family : Sparidae
Genus : Diplodus
Species : annularis
Distribution and Habitat
Water Type: Brack & Salt
Habitat: benthopelagic
Depth Range: 0.0 to 90.0 metres
0.0 to 295.3 feet
Size / Weight / Age
Max length : 24.0 cm TL male/unsexed; common length : 13.0 cm TL male/unsexed; max. reported age: 7 years
Sargus annularis
Family : Sparidae
Genus : Diplodus
Species : annularis
Distribution and Habitat
Water Type: Brack & Salt
Habitat: benthopelagic
Depth Range: 0.0 to 90.0 metres
0.0 to 295.3 feet
Size / Weight / Age
Max length : 24.0 cm TL male/unsexed; common length : 13.0 cm TL male/unsexed; max. reported age: 7 years
Length at first maturity
Lm 11.0 range ? - ? cm
Environment
Benthopelagic; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 90 m
Climate / Range
Subtropical; 49°N - 27°N, 19°W - 42°E
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: Madeira and Canary islands. Also found along the coast of Portugal northward to the
Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean, Black Sea and Sea of Azov.
Biology
Inhabit chiefly Zostera seagrass beds but also found on Posidonia beds and sandy bottoms, rarely on rocky bottoms.
Carnivorous, feed on worms, crustaceans, mollusks, echinoderms and hydrozoans. The sexes are separated,
although these fish are potential hermaphrodites; certain individuals are protandric
Common Names
Common Name/ Used In/ Language
Annular seabream FishWise English
Annular seabream United Kingdom English
Annular sea bream Spain English
Laskir Ukraine Ukrainian
Morskoi karas Ukraine Russian
Morskoi karas' Russian Federation Russian
Prazma Poland Polish
Raspallón Spain Spanish
Sabaris Egypt Arabic
Sargo-alcorraz Portugal Portuguese
Sargue France French
Spar Yugoslavia, Former SFR of Serbo-Croat
špar Slovenia Slovene
Sparaillon commun France French
Sparos Romania Rumanian
Sparôs Greece Greek
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