Fish of the Pagrus 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.
(Red seabream. Photo © four-fish.com.tw)
Red seabream (Pagrus major) was first described in 1844 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778-1858).
It inhabits the depth of 10-200 meters. The maximum recorded length is 100 cm, specimens up to 30 cm long are more common. The maximum weight is 9.7 kilograms. It feeds on echinoderms, worms, mollusks, crustaceans and fish.
(Red seabream. Photo by © David C. Cook. fishbase.org)
It is an introduced species in the Adriatic Sea. It was brought to Croatia for breeding in the 1990s from the Far East. The specimens, which were caught, were most likely to have escaped from the stocking ponds. Nowadays, it doesn’t occur in catches, since it probably didn’t adapt. Hybrids of the red porgies and other representatives of the Sparidae family are occasionally found near the peninsula of Istria (Croatia).
Names of red seabream (Pagrus major) in other languages as follows:
Japanse goudbrasem (Dutch), Pargo japonés (Spanish), Pagrus japoński (Polish), Dourada-do-Japão (Portuguese), Красный пагр (Krasnyj pagr) (Russian), Japanski pagar (Serbian, Croatian), Dorade japonaise (French).