Gilt-head bream

Bream (Sparus aurata )

The sea bream or sea-bream (Sparus aurata ), also under the name dorado, dorado Royale or Dorada (rarely also ORADE ), is a well-known since ancient edible fish, which is native to the Mediterranean. He is the only species of the genus Sparus from the family of sea bream ( Sparidae ). The name derives from the crescent- shaped gold band on the forehead of the fish between the eyes, each with a golden stain on the cheeks forth. The dorsal fin is busy with various beams. The sea bream has a very high back and is more than 70 inches long. They usually weigh up to 2.5 kilograms. There were, however, caught even heavier specimens with up to 17.2 kg body mass.

Way of life

The main food consists of mussels and crustaceans. Even harder prey is not a problem, because the grinding and cutting teeth are very strong.

A special feature of the bream is that there is no purely male or female animals. You are always bisexual.

Bream as food fish

The bream is a popular food fish. The flesh is firm and very tasty. In addition, the fish has less bones than its relatives, such as the red porgy.

Bream are now bred successfully, in Greece, Turkey, Israel, Italy and Spain.