Fish of the Sparus 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.
(Gilthead seabream. Photo by © Roberto Pillon. fishbase.org)
Gilthead seabream or Gilt–head seabream (Sparus aurata) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).
It inhabits the depth of 1-150 meters, usually – 1-30 meters. It prefers to swim close to the sandy bottom covered with sea grass. The maximum recorded length is 70 cm, specimens up to 35 cm long are more common. According to some sources, the maximum weight is 17.2 kg (fishbase.org), but it is more likely that the fish, weighing more than 10 kilograms, are exceptions. It feeds mainly on mollusks.
(Gilthead seabream. Photo by © Sergi Sedo. flickr.com/photos/gsp636)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) in other languages as follows:
Kocja (Albanian), Ципура (Cipura) (Bulgarian), Goudbrasem (Dutch), Τσιπούρα (Tsipoúra) (Greek), Denis (Hebrew), Dorada (Spanish), Orata (Italian), Goldbrasse (German), Dorada (Polish), Dourada (Portuguese), Doradă (Romanian), Дорада (Dorada), Золотистый спар (Zolotistyj spar) (Russian), Orada (Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian), Çipura (Turkish), Dorade royale (French), Mořan zlatý (Czech).