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.
(White seabream. Photo by © Citron. commons.wikimedia.org)
White seabream (Diplodus sargus sargus) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).
It inhabits the depths of up to 50 meters. It prefers to swim in the coastal zone close to the rocky bottom and thickets of Posidonia. It often swims to the inshore at dawn. The maximum recorded length is 45 cm; specimens up to 22 cm are more common. The maximum weight is 1.9 kg. It feeds on small fish, mollusks, and other sediment dwellers.
(White seabream. Photo by © Robert Patzner. iucnredlist.org)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of white seabream (Diplodus sargus sargus) in other languages as follows:
Sargu i zakonshëm (Albanian), Бял пагел (Bjal pagel) (Bulgarian), Σαργός (Sargos) (Greek), Sargus (Hebrew), Sargo (Spanish), Sarago maggiore (Italian), Geißbrasse (German), Sargus (Polish), Sargo (Portuguese), Sparos cu coada neagra (Romanian), Белый сарг (Bjelyj sarg) (Russian), Sarag, Šarag (Serbian, Croatian), Šarg (Slovenian), Karagoz (Turkish), Sar commun (French).