Fish of the Sciaena genus of the Sciaenidae (drums or croakers) family of the superfamily Percoidea of the Perciformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Brown meagre. Photo by © entitu. flickr.com/photos/entitu)
Brown meagre (Sciaena umbra) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).
It inhabits the depth of 1-200 meters. It prefers to swim close to the sandy and rocky bottom, often approaches the mouths of rivers. It is active at dusk and night. The maximum recorded length of 70 cm, specimens up to 28 cm long are more common. It feeds on crustaceans and fish.
(Brown meagre. Photo by © JorgeMF. flickr.com/photos/7221269@N02)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of brown meagre (Sciaena umbra) in other languages as follows:
Korbi i zi (Albanian), Zwarte ombervis, Zeeraaf (Dutch), Σκιός (Skios) (Greek), Et-yam gedol-goz (Hebrew), Corvallo (Spanish), Corvina (Italian), Meerrabe (German), Kulbak czarny (Polish), Roncadeira-preta (Portuguese), Тёмный горбыль (Tjomnyj gorbilj) (Russian) Kavala (Serbian, Croatian), Konj, Kaval (Slovenian), Eşkina (Turkish), Corb commun (French).