Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino bentopelágico; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad ? - 170 m (Ref. 4781). Subtropical; 44°N - 16°S, 17°W - 35°E (Ref. 54696)
Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to Angola, including the southwestern Mediterranean, Madeira, and the Canary Islands.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 80.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4781); common length : 30.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4781); peso máximo publicado: 3.0 kg (Ref. 4699)
Adults Inhabit hard bottoms (rock or rubble); the young occur near the coast. Feed mainly on mollusks including cephalopods, and also on crustaceans (Ref. 3688). Important food fish.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; pesca deportiva: si; Acuario: Comercial
Herramientas
Special reports
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 14.3 - 27.5, mean 19 °C (based on 382 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01622 (0.00906 - 0.02903), b=2.96 (2.81 - 3.11), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Muy bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo superior a 14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (59 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 35.5 [15.8, 63.9] mg/100g; Iron = 0.98 [0.30, 2.67] mg/100g; Protein = 19.3 [17.7, 20.9] %; Omega3 = 0.222 [0.127, 0.383] g/100g; Selenium = 37.6 [15.8, 83.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 11.1 [2.3, 47.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.571 [0.293, 1.197] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.