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FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Dicentrarchus&speciesname=labrax ---> http://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Dicentrarchus&speciesname=labrax http://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Dicentrarchus&speciesname=labrax ---> https://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Dicentrarchus&speciesname=labrax https://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Dicentrarchus&speciesname=labrax ---> http://fishbase.de/summary/Dicentrarchus-labrax.html http://fishbase.de/summary/Dicentrarchus-labrax.html ---> https://fishbase.de/summary/Dicentrarchus-labrax.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Dicentrarchus Species in    Moronidae - Classification - Moronidae Eupercaria/misc Teleostei Chordata Animalia Dicentrarchus labrax ( Linnaeus , 1758 ) European seabass Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Dicentrarchus labrax   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Videos | Google image Dicentrarchus labrax Picture by Crocetta, F. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Moronidae (Temperate basses) Etymology: Dicentrarchus: Greek, di = two + Greek, kentron = sting + Greek, archos = anus (Ref. 45335 ) . More on author: Linnaeus . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; oceanodromous; depth range 10 - 100 m (Ref. 9987 ). Subtropical; 8°C - 24°C (Ref. 4944 ); 72°N - 11°N, 19°W - 42°E (Ref. 54221 ) Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Eastern Atlantic: Norway to Morocco, the Canary Islands and Senegal. Also known from the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Absent from White, Barents, Baltic and Caspian Seas (Ref. 59043 ). Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m 36.1 , range 23 - 46 cm Max length : 103 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40637 ); common length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6916 ); max. published weight: 12.0 kg (Ref. 1468 ); max. reported age: 30 years (Ref. 59043 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-13; Anal spines : 3; Anal soft rays : 10 - 12. Diagnosis: head with cycloid scales above; mouth moderately protractile (Ref. 231 ). Vomerine teeth only anteriorly (Ref. 231 ), in a crescentic band (Ref. 231 , 57391 ). Scales on interorbital space cycloid (Ref. 57391 ). Posterior edge of opercle finely serrated, lower edge with strong forward- directed denticles (Ref. 231 ). 2 flat opercular spines (Ref. 231 , 57391 ). Young with some dark spots on upper part of body (Ref. 231 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Adults manifest demersal behavior, inhabit coastal waters down to about 100 m depth but more common in shallow waters (Ref. 54221 , 57391 ). Found in the littoral zone on various kinds of bottoms on estuaries, lagoons and occasionally rivers. They enter coastal waters and river mouths in summer, but migrate offshore in colder weather and occur in deep water during winter in the northern range. Young fish form school, but adults appear to be less gregarious (Ref. 9987 ). Feed chiefly on shrimps and mollusks, also on fishes (Ref. 5990 ). Juveniles feed on invertebrates, taking increasingly more fish with age. Adults piscivorous . (Ref. 59043 ). Spawn in batches (Ref. 51846 ). Spawning takes place in the spring near the British Isles, and earlier in its southern range. Eggs are pelagic (Ref. 35388 ). Marketed fresh or smoked (Ref. 9987 ). Highly sought by sport fishermen (Ref. 30578 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Spawn in groups. Eggs are pelagic. In the Mediterranean, first sexual maturity occurs generally between 2 and 4 years of age while in the Atlantic sexual maturity happens a little later (males between 4-7 years and females between 5-8 years). Spawning happens just once a year and it tends to be in winter, although in southern areas it can occur in spring. Eggs have 1-2 fat drops that fuse about 12 hours after laying. Embryo development lasts about three days at 13-14°C and larval development about 40 days at 19°C. Egg size 1.1-1.5 mm, larval length at hatching 3 mm. Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Heemstra, Phillip C. | Collaborators Smith, C.L. , 1990. Moronidae. p. 692-694. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6916 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 01 January 2008 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; gamefish: yes FAO - Aquaculture: production , species profile ; Fisheries: landings , species profile ; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.7656   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00933 (0.00777 - 0.01121), b=3.02 (2.96 - 3.08), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.5   ±0.50 se; based on food items. Generation time: 7.8 (5.0 - 11.0) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 33 growth studies. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.06-0.33; tm=2-8; tmax=30; Fec=230,000). Prior r = 0.54, 95% CL = 0.35 - 0.84, Based on 14 stock assessments. Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  High to very high vulnerability (66 of 100). Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649 ):  Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Very high . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 37.1 [4.5, 189.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.869 [0.355, 2.011] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.3, 21.1] %; Omega3 = 0.3 [0.2, 0.5] g/100g; Selenium = 14.6 [7.0, 32.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 7.01 [2.63, 20.46] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.519 [0.256, 1.128] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies. 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