Fish of the Centracanthus 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.
(Curled picarel. Photo by © Pedro Niny Duarte(c)ImagDOP. fishbase.org)
Curled picarel (Centracanthus cirrus) was first described in 1810 by the American naturalist, zoologist and botanist Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1783-1840).
It inhabits the depth of up to 470 meters. It is a deep-water schooling species. It swims close to the coast for spawning in summer. It prefers to swim close to the rocky and pebble bottom. The maximum recorded length is 34 cm, specimens up to 12 cm long are more common. It feeds on zooplankton and small fish.
(Curled picarel. Photo by © A.M. Arias. ictioterm.es)
It is an inhabitant of the southern part of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of сurled picarel (Centracanthus cirrus) in other languages as follows:
Ψευτομαρίδα (Pseftomarida) (Greek), Jerret imperial (Spanish), Zerro musillo (Italian), Locken-Pikarelle (German), Ferreiro (Portuguese), Усатый центракант (Usatyj centrakant) (Russian), Gira atlantska (Serbian, Croatian), Picarel guetteur (French).