Author: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Diagnosis: body oblong, moderately deep. Preopercle scaleless. In front of jaws, 4 upper, 6 lower canine-like teeth; at back, smaller and obtuse canines, becoming molars in the posterior third; the two outer series of molars the strongest; behind anterior canines and molars, numerous minute granular teeth. Gillrakers, 8-10 lower, 6-8 upper. D Xl-Xlll + 9-10; A 111 + 7-8. Lateral line scales 50 56 to caudal base. Colour: silvery pink; head darker from nape to rictus; sometimes minute blue spots on upper sides, especially in young; a dusky area often present at the pectoral axil; caudal fin dark pink, with distal part of lobes white and central margin of fork dark; other fins pinkish. Size: to 75 cm SL usually 30-35 cm.

Habitat: inshore waters on hard or sandy bottoms, young on Posidonia beds, demersal on shelf and continental slope to 250 m, mainly to 100 m; sometimes young enter Atlantic lagoons. Food: carnivorous (mainly crustaceans, molluscs and fish). Reproduction: April-June maturity at about 24 cm; sex ratio 75% (Atlantic) to 93% (Mediterranean) females.

Distribution: Mediterranean, common in warmer waters, rarer in the north; absent in Black Sea; Atlantic from British Isles (records only) to 15° N (rare south of 20° N), Madeira and the Canaries.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Perciformes
Suborder Percoidei
Family Sparidae
Genus Pagrus
Species Pagrus pagrus

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms:

Sparus pagrus Linnaeus, 1758
Pagrus vulgaris Valenciennes, 1830

Common names:

Common sea bream [En]
Pagre commun [Fr]
Pargo [Es]

Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. 1828-1849. Histoire naturelle des Poissons, Paris-Strasbourg, 22 vol., 11030 pp., 621 pl. (numb. 1-650).1,1828: xvi+573 pp., pl. I-VIII [author: Cuvier]; 2, 1828: xxi+490 pp., pl. 9-40 [Cuv.: pp. 1-238, pp. 249-262, pp. 387-490; Val.: pp. 238-249, pp. 262-386]; 3 April 1829: xxiii+500 pp., pl. 41-71 [Cuvier]; 4, 1829: xxvi+518 pp., pl. 72-99 [Cuvier]; 5, 1830: xxviii+499 pp., pl. 100-140 [Cuvier]; 6, 1830: xxiv+pp.559 pp., pl. 141-169 [Val.: pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuv.: 426-491]; 7, 1831: xxix + 531 pp., pl. 170-208 [Cuv.: 1-440; Val.: pp. 441-531]; 8, 1832: xix+509 pp., pl. 209-245 [Cuv.: pp. 1-470; Val.: pp. 471-509]; 9, 1833: xxix+512 pp., pl. 246-279 [Cuv.: pp. 1-198, pp. 330-359, pp. 372-427; Val.: pp. 199-329, pp. 359-371, pp. 429-512]; 10, 1835: xxiv+482 pp., pl. 280-306 [Val.]; 11, 1836: xx+506 pp., pl. 307-343 [Val.]; 12, 1837: xxix+507 pp., pl. 344-368 [Val.]; 13, 1839: xix+505 pp., pl. 369-388 [Val.]; 14, 1840: xxii+464 pp., pl. 389-420 [Val.]; 15, 1840: xxi + 540 pp., pl. 421-455 [Val.]; 16, 1842: xx+472 pp., pl. 456-487 [Val.]; 17, 1844: xxiii+497 pp., pl. 487-519 [Val.]; 18, 1846: xix+505 pp., pl. 520-553 [Val.]; 19, 1847: xix+544 pp., pl. 554-590 [Val.]; 20, 1847: xviii+472 pp., pl. 591-606 [Val.]; 21, 1848: xiv+536 pp., pl. 607-633 [Val.]; 22, 1849: xx+532 pp., pl. 634-650 [Val.].

Gaetani, D. de 1936. Uova, sviluppo embrionale e stadi post-embrionali negli Sparidi. 4. Pagrus vulgaris C.V. Memorie R. Com. talassogr. ital., 226: 13 p., 11 fig.

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae, ed. X, vol. 1, 824 pp. Nantes & Pisces: pp. 230-338. (Reprint, 1956, London.)

Manoch; C. et al. 1976. Conspecific status of the Sparid fishes Pagrus sedecim Ginsburg and Pagrus pagrus Linnaeus. Copeia, 4: 678-684, 3 fig.

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