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Overview

Comprehensive Description

Biology

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Adults inhabit various types of bottoms, especially seagrass beds and sand down to 500 m depth, but more common between 40 and 100 m. The young are found nearer to the shore. Omnivorous, but prefer worms, mollusks and small crustaceans (Ref. 3688). Important food fish.

Bauchot, M.-L. and J.-C. Hureau 1990 Sparidae. p. 790-812. 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. 3688) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=3688&speccode=203

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Distribution

Distribution

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Azores, Azores Exclusive Economic Zone, European waters (ERMS scope), Greek Exclusive Economic Zone, Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone [Mediterranean part], Portugese Exclusive Economic Zone, Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone, United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone

Gallagher, L.; Porteiro, F.; Dâmaso, C. (2006). Guia do consumidor dos peixes Açoreanos [Consumer's guide to Azorean fish]. Universidade dos Açores: Açores. ISBN 972-8612-27-3. 51, pictures pp. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=9218
van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1411
MEDIN (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN, version 1.0. http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149081
Borges, P.A.V., Costa, A., Cunha, R., Gabriel, R., Gonçalves, V., Martins, A.F., Melo, I., Parente, M., Raposeiro, P., Rodrigues, P., Santos, R.S., Silva, L., Vieira, P. & Vieira, V. (Eds.) (2010). A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores. Princípia, Oeiras, 432 pp. http://www.marinespecies.org/ascidiacea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149079
Ramos, M. (ed.). 2010. IBERFAUNA. The Iberian Fauna Databank http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149024
Galil, B.; Goren, M.; Mienis, H. (2011). Checklist of marine species in Israel. Compiled in the framework of the EU FP7 PESI project. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149096
Koukouras, Athanasios. (2010). Check-list of marine species from Greece. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Assembled in the framework of the EU FP7 PESI project. http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=142068

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Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea: Bay of Biscay to Senegal, Madeira, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde; rare in the British Isles but recorded occasionally off Denmark. Azores (Ref. 44330).

Bauchot, M.-L. and J.-C. Hureau 1990 Sparidae. p. 790-812. 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. 3688) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=3688&speccode=203

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Physical Description

Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 12; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 9 - 10

Muus, B.J. and J.G. Nielsen 1999 Sea fish. Scandinavian Fishing Year Book, Hedehusene, Denmark. 340 p. (Ref. 35388) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=35388&speccode=37

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Size

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Maximum size: 360 mm SL

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Max. size

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36.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 4781))

Bauchot, M.-L. and J.-C. Hureau 1986 Sparidae. p. 883-907. 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. volume 2. UNESCO, Paris. (Ref. 4781) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4781&speccode=203

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Diagnostic Description

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Body tall without stripes but with a black spot at the pectoral fin base (Ref. 35388).

Muus, B.J. and J.G. Nielsen 1999 Sea fish. Scandinavian Fishing Year Book, Hedehusene, Denmark. 340 p. (Ref. 35388) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=35388&speccode=37

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Ecology

Habitat

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Depth range based on 95 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 38 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 29 - 270
  Temperature range (°C): 9.786 - 17.600
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.729 - 12.039
  Salinity (PPS): 35.378 - 38.648
  Oxygen (ml/l): 4.394 - 5.898
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.098 - 0.750
  Silicate (umol/l): 2.204 - 5.784

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Depth range (m): 29 - 270

Temperature range (°C): 9.786 - 17.600

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.729 - 12.039

Salinity (PPS): 35.378 - 38.648

Oxygen (ml/l): 4.394 - 5.898

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.098 - 0.750

Silicate (umol/l): 2.204 - 5.784

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Depth: 0 - 500m.
Recorded at 500 meters.

Habitat: benthopelagic.

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Environment

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benthopelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); marine; depth range ? - 500 m (Ref. 4781), usually 40 - 100 m (Ref. 35388)

Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=51243&speccode=4683
Muus, B.J. and J.G. Nielsen 1999 Sea fish. Scandinavian Fishing Year Book, Hedehusene, Denmark. 340 p. (Ref. 35388) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=35388&speccode=37
Bauchot, M.-L. and J.-C. Hureau 1986 Sparidae. p. 883-907. 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. volume 2. UNESCO, Paris. (Ref. 4781) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4781&speccode=203

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Migration

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Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.

Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=51243&speccode=4683

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Trophic Strategy

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Lives at 30-300 m (Ref. 9039)

Domanevskaya, M.V. and F.A. Patokina 1984 Feeding of the large-eyed dogtooth, Dentex macrophthalmus, and Spanish bream, Pagellus acarne, from the entral-Eastern Atlantic Ocean. J. Ichthyol. 24(5):107-112. (Ref. 9039) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=9039&speccode=438

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Life History and Behavior

Life Cycle

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Most individuals are first males, then become females at a size of about 24 to 30 cm (Ref. 2715) or 17 to 29 cm TL; 2 to 7 years (eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea) (Ref. 4781). Also Ref. 28504.

Bauchot, M.-L., J.-C. Hureau and J.C. Miguel 1981 Sparidae. In W. Fischer, G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Central Atlantic. (Fishing Areas 34, 47 (in part)). volume 4. [var. pag.] FAO, Rome. (Ref. 2715) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=2715&speccode=436

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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Pagellus acarne

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The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.

There are 2 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.

CSFOM149-10|CSFOM-211|Pagellus acarne| ------------------------------------------------------TTCGGTGCTTGGGCCGGAATAGTAGGAACTGCCTTA---AGTCTTCTCATTCGAGCAGAACTAAGCCAGCCTGGGGCTCTCTTAGGAGAC---GACCAGATTTACAATGTAATTGTTACAGCACACGCATTTGTAATAATTTTCTTTATAGTAATACCAATTATAATCGGAGGCTTTGGAAACTGATTAATTCCGCTTATG---ATCGGCGCCCCCGACATAGCATTCCCCCGGATAAACAATATGAGCTTCTGACTGCTTCCCCCATCATTCCTTCTTCTGCTGGCCTCTTCTGGGGTTGAAGCCGGGGCTGGCACCGGCTGAACAGTATACCCCCCGCTGGCAGGAAACCTCGCCCATGCAGGTGCATCAGTTGACTTA---ACCATCTTTTCTCTTCATCTGGCCGGGATCTCATCTATTCTTGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTACTACAATTATTAACATGAAACCTCCGGCGATTTCGCAGTATCAGACCCCACTATTTGTATGGGCCGTTCTAATTACCGCTGTCTTGCTCCTCCTATCCCTTCCGGTCCTCGCTGCC---GGAATCACAATGCTTCTTACAGACCGAAACCTCAACACCACTTTCTTCGACCCAGCCGGAGGAGGAGACCCAATTCTTTACCAACACCTA-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Pagellus acarne

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Species: 14
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Conservation

Threats

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Not Evaluated

IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073

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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems

Benefits

Importance

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fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 1992 FAO yearbook 1990. Fishery statistics. Catches and landings. FAO Fish. Ser. (38). FAO Stat. Ser. 70:(105):647 p. (Ref. 4931) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4931&speccode=228

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