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Species catalogue
Spotted sea bass
Order
Perciformes
Family
Moronidae
Marine fish with regularly ossified skeleton. Body elongated, hydrodynamic and robust. Well developed mouth and eyes. The spines of the operculum are very marked. The scales are large. The dorsum is bluer, and the black spots remain. It weighs up to 7 kg and measures up to 60 cm.
Characteristics
FAO code
SPU
SPU
Specie
Dicentrarchus punctatus
Dicentrarchus punctatus
Type
White fish
White fish
FAO Fishing Areas
- Area 1: Africa - Inland waters
- Area 27: the Northeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean
- Area 34: the Eastern Central part of the Atlantic Ocean
- Area 37: the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea
International denominations
Germany
Gefleckter Seebarsch
France
Bar tacheté
Italy
Spigola puntata
Portugal
Robalo-baila
United Kingdom
Spotted sea bass
Fishing areas
