Blackspot seabream

Blackspot seabream
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Sparidae
Genus: Pagellus
Species: P. bogaraveo
Binomial name
Pagellus bogaraveo
(Brünnich, 1768)
Synonyms
  • Sparus bogaraveo (Brünnich, 1768)
  • Pagellus cantabricus (Asso, 1801)
  • Sparus centrodontus (Delaroche, 1809)
  • Pagellus centrodontus (Delaroche, 1809)
For other uses, see Red seabream.

The blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo), also known as the red seabream, is a fish species in Sparidae family. It is widespread in the Eastern Atlantic from Norway, Strait of Gibraltar to Cape Blanc in Mauritania, Madeira, Canary Islands, and western Mediterranean; also reported from Iceland. Marine, benthopelagic fish up to 70 cm length.

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