Fish of the Pagellus 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.
(Axillary seabream. Photo by © Fabio Crocetta. naturamediterraneo.com)
Axillary seabream (Pagellus acarne) was first described in 1827 by the French naturalist Antoine Risso (1777-1845).
It inhabits the depths of up to 500 meters, usually – 40-100 meters. It prefers to swim close to the sandy and algae-covered bottom. It is a schooling species. The maximum recorded length is 36 cm; specimens up to 25 cm long are more common. It feeds on worms, mollusks and crustaceans.
(Axillary seabream. Photo by © Pedro Niny Duarte(c)ImagDOP. fishbase.org)
It is a rather rare inhabitant of the Adriatic, which is more often found closer to the Ionian Sea.
Names of axillary seabream (Pagellus acarne) in other languages as follows:
Murra e egër (Albanian), Сребрист пагел (Srebrist pagel) (Bulgarian), Spaanse zeebrasem (Dutch), Μουσμούλι (Musmuli) (Greek), Vardit (Hebrew), Aligote (Spanish), Pagello bastardo (Italian), Achselfleckbrasse (German), Morlesz krwisty (Polish), Besugo (Portuguese), Pagel auriu (Romanian), Серебристый пагель (Serebristyj pagelj) (Russian), Batoglavac (Serbian, Croatian), Divji ribon (Slovenian), Pageot acarne (French).