Overview
Family : Temperate basses ; Coastal species[1]. Occurs on various kinds of bottoms . Occasionally occurring in rivers . Feeds mainly on shrimps and mollusks, also fishes [2].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Arabic:
Ablagh
Common Names in Arabic, Hassaniya:
Ablagh
Common Names in Catalan:
Baila, Llobarro pigallat
Common Names in Croatian:
Lubin
Common Names in Danish:
Plettet bars, Plettet Havbars
Common Names in English:
Black-spotted bass, Sea bass, Spotted bass, Spotted seabass, Three bar porcupinefish
Common Names in French:
Bar Mouchet, Bar moucheté, Bar Tachet, bar tacheté, Truite de mer
Common Names in German:
Gefleckter Schwertträger, Gefleckter Seebarsch, Gefleckter Wolfsbarsch
Common Names in Greek:
Stiktolavraki, Λαυράκι, Λαυρακόπουλο, Στικτολαυράκι
Common Names in Greek, Modern:
Stiktolavraki, Στικτολαυράκι
Common Names in Greek, Modern (1453):
Stiktolavraki, Στικτολαυράκι
Common Names in Hebrew:
Lavraq menuqad
Common Names in Italian:
Bullisa, Buracciola, Penta, Spigola macchiata, Spigola puntata, Spinula 'mperiali, Spinula serra, Vuraccia, Vuraccina, Vurracina
Common Names in Maltese:
Spnotta tat-tbajja
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
斑点舌齿鲈, 斑點舌齒鱸, 黑点狼鲈, 黑點狼鱸
Common Names in Polish:
Labraks centkowany
Common Names in Portuguese:
Robalo-baila
Common Names in Serer:
Dian doulla
Common Names in Spanish:
Baila, Lubrina atruchada
Common Names in Swedish:
Fl, Fläckig havsabborre
Common Names in Turkish:
Beneklilevrek balığı
Common Names in Wolof:
Douro, Douroï, Silin'ke, Silink, Silinkë, Sinin'ke, Sórey, Soroy
Description
Physical Description
Species Dicentrarchus punctatus
Males are commonly 30 cm (Total Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 70 cm (Total Length).
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 921 meters (0 to 3,022 feet).[3]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Suborder:
Percoidei
()
-
- Family:
Moronidae
()
- Genus:
Dicentrarchus
()
- Gill, 1860
- Specific name:
punctatus
- Scientific name: - Dicentrarchus punctatus (Bloch, 1792)
- Specific name:
punctatus
- Genus:
Dicentrarchus
(
- Family:
Moronidae
(
- Suborder:
Percoidei
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Bodianus punctatus (Bloch • Dicentrarchus orientalis< /i> (Günther • Dicentrarchus punctatus • Dicentrarchus punctatus (Bloch, 1792) • Labrax lupus punctatus (Bloch • Labrax orientalis Günther • Labrax punctatus (Bloch • Labrax schoenleinii Peters • Morone punctata (Bloch • Morone punctatus (Bloch • Perca punctata (Bloch • Perca punctulata Lacepède • Sciaena punctata • Sciaena punctata Bloch • Sciaena punctata Bloch, 1792
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 17-Sep-1999
Similar Species
Members of the genus Dicentrarchus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
D. labrax (European Sea Bass) · D. punctatus (Three Bar Porcupinefish)
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Further Reading
- Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 649.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 249, p. 253, p. 254.
- Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url p. 11.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 11 1888 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 252.
- The fishes of the Nile. Text 1907 London, Pub. for the Egyptian government by H. Rees, ltd., 1907. url p. 450.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 19, 2007:
- FishBase, FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
- Royal Ontario Museum, Fish specimens
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Fishes
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 125845
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-22873
- Fishbase Species ID: 394
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13538462
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 170318
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 109252
Footnotes
- Daget, J. and C.L. Smith (1986). Serranidae s. str. + Moronidae. p. 299-303. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. [back]
- Tortonese, E. (1986). Moronidae. p. 793-796. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. vol. 2. [back]
- Mean = -37.270 meters (-122.277 feet), Standard Deviation = 581.880 based on 37 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
