Spotted seabass

Spotted Sea bass ( Dicentrarchus punctatus )

The spotted bass or spotted bass ( Dicentrarchus punctatus ) is a fish of the family of European sea bass ( Moronidae ). The genus name means "two barbed perch ".

Features

Spotted bass to be the maximum size of around 70 inches and an average of around 30 centimeters. The flanks have a clearly visible color dots on (see also the scientific species name! ), Added a larger black spot on the gill cover edge. Compared to the European sea bass, the eyes are larger in proportion to the head. The animals have a constant upper jaw.

Occurrence

The species occurs in the eastern Atlantic from the coast of Senegal and the Canary Islands off until about the Bay of Biscay and rarely in the English Channel - a shifted southward compared to the European sea bass habitat. They also live in the Mediterranean and are in the Red Sea, where they are detected in the Gulf of Suez, as immigrants. Sea bass, anyway coastal residents, also penetrate into the brackish water areas. They show no clear preference for a certain type of seabed.

Way of life

The spotted bass are predatory prey mainly shrimps, crabs and mollusks. Fish come in the diet before also.

Fishery utilization

The species is not a main target fish of commercial fishing, sport fishing, however, provide her after.

Swell

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• Fricke, R., Bilecenoglu, M. & H. Musa Sari (2007): Annotated checklist of fish and lamprey species ( gnathostomata and Petromyzontomorphi ) of Turkey, including a Red List of threatened and declining species. Stuttgart contributions to natural history. Ser. A ( Biol ), 706: 79