Fish of the Diplodus genus of the Sparidae (sea breams and porgies) family of the superfamily Percoidea of the Percoidei suborder of the Perciformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Annular seabream. Photo by © Fabio Crocetta. naturamediterraneo.com)
Annular seabream (Diplodus annularis) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).
It inhabits the depths of up to 90 meters. It prefers to swim close to thickets of eelgrass or sea grass, in the fields of Posidonia, close to the sandy, less often – rocky bottom. The maximum recorded length is 24 cm, specimens up to 13 cm long are more common. It feeds mainly on worms, crustaceans, mollusks, echinoderms and jellyfishes.
(Annular seabream. Photo © gafrd.org)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of annular seabream (Diplodus annularis) in other languages as follows:
Sargu bishtzi (Albanian), Σπάρος (Sparos) (Greek), Hatabaat (Hebrew), Raspallón (Spanish), Sarago, Sparaglione (Italian), Ringelbrasse (German), Prażma (Polish), Sargo-alcorraz (Portuguese), Sparos (Romanian), Морской карась (Morskoj karasj) (ruski), Špar (Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian), Isparoz (Turkish), Sparaillon commun (French).