Spotted Seabass

Dicentrarchus punctatus

Also known as: Sea Bass, Black-spotted Bass, European Sea Bass, Spotted Bass, European Sea Bass and Spotted Bass

ALSO KNOWN AS

Sea Bass
Black-spotted Bass
European Sea Bass
Spotted Bass
European Sea Bass and Spotted Bass

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2015

Spotted Seabass adult, photographed at lisbon, Portugal — @ivo · lisbon, Portugal · July 20171 / 1

Overview

Found in murky waters, over mud, rock, and sandy bottoms, of shallow, coastal waters, estuaries, and rivers, in the summer, and deeper waters, in the winter.
They feed nocturnally on small fish, molluscs, and shrimps.
Widespread Eastern Atlantic, English Channel, Mediterranean

These are ocean going fish and commercially fished.

How to identify

COLOURS

silver

Pattern: black spot
Behaviour: nocturnal

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Habitat & where to find it

Range · Eastern Atlantic, Northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean
Country only · 1

LIVES IN

Found in murky waters, over mud, rock, and sandy bottoms, of shallow, coastal waters, estuaries, and rivers, in the summer, and deeper waters, in the winter.

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