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Species
Least Concernblack seabream
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderEupercaria incertae sedis
- FamilySparidae
Habitatmarine
Observations1,264
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- food
- Parent taxon
- Spondyliosoma
- Image
- Spondyliosoma cantharum.png
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- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Spondyliosoma cantharus
- Commons category
- Spondyliosoma cantharus
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon common name
- chopa
- short name
- S. cantharus
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Encyclopedic overview
The black seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. This fish has a wide distribution in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean and Black Seas. The black seabream is an important food fish, especially in Europe.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Black seabream” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.