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Saddled Seabream

Oblada melanurus

Also known as: Saddle Bream, Saddled Bream, Seabream, Oblada melanura

Adult
@SailingBenH · GR, Greece · October 20151 / 8
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Overview

Found in schools over rocky bottoms and in seagrass beds of coral and rocky reefs.

Porgies are found in tropical as well as cooler waters, and are bottom-dwelling carnivores. Most species possess grinding, molar-like teeth, for eating crustaceans.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean
  • Exact location · 3
  • Country only · 5
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Found in schools over rocky bottoms and in seagrass beds of coral and rocky reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familySparidae
    6. genusOblada
    7. speciesOblada melanurus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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    More in the family

    Porgies (Sparidae)