Annular Sea Bream; Gilthead ²

Known As: Annular Sea Bream; Gilthead
Identification: Black ring round the base of the tail.
Size: 24 cm
Social Habit:

Habitat: Mainly found on Zostera seagrass beds, but also found on Posidonia beds and sandy bottoms.

Depth: 1 to 90 m.
Feeds on: Worms, crustaceans, molluscs, echinoderms and hydrozoans
Distribution: Coast of Portugal northward to the Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean, Black Sea and Sea of Azov. Eastern Atlantic, Madeira and Canary islands.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) WoRMS for SMEBD, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://images.marinespecies.org/resized/64097_diplodus-annularis.jpg
2. Adapted by Lesley Clements from a work by (c) FishBase, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/20920870

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