Fish of the Oblada genus of the Sparidae (sea breams or porgies) family of the superfamily Percoidea of the Percoidei suborder of the Perciformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Saddled seabream. Photo by © Javier Vidal. flickr.com/photos/jarvidlop)
Saddled seabream (Oblada melanura) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).
It inhabits the depths up to 30 meters. It prefers to swim close to the rocky and stony bottom, as well as the bottom covered with sea grass. It is a schooling species. The maximum recorded length is 36 cm, specimens up to 20 cm long are more common. The maximum weight is about 1 kilogram. It feeds on various invertebrates and small fish.
(Saddled seabream. Photo © tokaiki.net)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of saddled seabream (Oblada melanura) in other languages as follows:
Melanura (Albanian), Меланура (Melanura) (Bulgarian), Zadelzeebrasem (Dutch), Μελανούρι (Meljanuri) (Greek), Shchor zanav (Hebrew), Oblada (Spanish), Occhiata (Italian), Brandbrasse (German), Oblada (Polish), Dobradiça (Portuguese), Чернохвостая облада (Chernohvostaja oblada) (Russian), Ukljata, Ušata (Serbian, Croatian), Črnorepka (Slovenian), Melanurya balığı (Turkish), Oblade (French).