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.
(Blackspot seabream. Photo by © Pedro Niny Duarte(c)ImagDOP. fishbase.org)
Blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo) was first described in 1768 by the Danish zoologist and mineralogist Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737-1827).
It inhabits the depths of up to 700 meters, usually – 150-300 meters. It prefers to swim close to the sandy, rocky and oozy bottom. It is a schooling species. The maximum recorded length is 70 cm, specimens up to 30 cm long are more common. The maximum weight is 4 kilograms.
(Blackspot seabream. Photo by © S. Iglesias, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle. mnhn.fr)
It feeds on crustaceans, mollusks, worms and small fish. It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea, which is more often found in its southern part.
Names of blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo) in other languages as follows:
Spalcë me njollë të zezë (Albanian), Червенопер пагел (Chervenoper Pagel) (Bulgarian), Rode zeebrasem (Dutch), Κεφαλάς (Kefaljas) (Greek), Besugo (Spanish), Occhialone (Italian), Nordischer Meerbrassen (German), Morlesz bogar (Polish), Goraz (Portuguese), Pagel argintiu (Romanian), Краснопёрый пагель (Krasnopjoryj pagelj) (Russian), Rumenac okan, Okan (Serbian, Croatian), Okati ribon (Slovenian), Dorade rose (French).