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Oblada melanura  (Linnaeus, 1758)

Saddled seabream
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Actinopterígios (peces con aletas radiadas) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Oblada: Latin, oblatus = flattened at the poles; it also exists oblata = turbot (Ref. 45335).

Medioambiente / Clima / Gama Ecología

; marino bentopelágico; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad ? - 30 m (Ref. 3688).   Subtropical, preferred 24°C (Ref. 107945); 44°N - 15°S, 19°W - 36°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay, the Mediterranean, and from the Strait of Gibraltar to Angola. Also known from Madeira, Cape Verde and the Canary Islands.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 34.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 13305); common length : 20.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3688)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Gregarious, forms aggregations over rocky bottoms or seagrass beds (Zostera and seaweeds). Omnivorous but feeds mainly on small invertebrates (Ref. 3688). Important food fish.

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Mainly gonochoric, but some are hermaphroditic protogynous (Ref. 4781).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Bauchot, M.-L. and J.-C. Hureau, 1990. Sparidae. p. 790-812. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3688)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial; pesca deportiva: si
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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01202 (0.01072 - 0.01348), b=3.03 (3.00 - 3.06), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.35 se; Based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 69278):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (tm=2-4; tmax=11; K=0.20).
Prior r = 0.78, 2 SD range = 0.68 - 0.88, log(r) = -0.25, SD log(r) = 0.06, Based on: 1 M, 3 K, 2 tgen, records
Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100) .
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.