Fish of the Spondyliosoma genus of the Sparidae (sea breams and porgies) family of the superfamily Percoidea of the Percoidei suborder of the Perciformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Black seabream. Photo by © Fabio Crocetta. naturamediterraneo.com)
Black seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).
It inhabits the depth of 5-300 meters. It prefers to swim close to the rocky and sandy bottom covered with seagrass. It is a schooling species. The maximum recorded length is 60 cm, specimens up to 30 cm long are more common. The maximum weight is 2.5 kilograms. It feeds on algae and small invertebrates, mainly crustaceans.
(Black seabream. Photo by © Pedro Niny Duarte(c)ImagDOP. fishbase.org)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of black seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus) in other languages as follows:
Kantari (Albanian), Кантар (Kantar) (Bulgarian), Zeekarper (Dutch), Σκαθάρι (Skathari) (Greek), Kantar (Hebrew), Chopa (Spanish), Tanuta (Italian), Streifenbrasse (German), Kantar (Polish), Choupa (Portuguese), Cantar (Romanian), Кантар (Kantar) (Russian), Kantor, Kantar (Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian), Sargöz balığı (Turkish), Dorade grise (French).