Banded seabream
| Diplodus fasciatus | |
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Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Sparidae |
| Genus: | Diplodus |
| Species: | D. fasciatus |
| Binomial name | |
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Diplodus fasciatus Valenciennes, 1830 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Sargus fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1830) |
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Sargus fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1830)
Banded seabream (Diplodus fasciatus) is a species of marine fish of the Sparidae (Sparids) family. This pelagic-neritic fish grows to 35 cm maximal length, its average is 25 cm, some are as long as 40 cm maximum. It occurs in the eastern Atlantic, off the coast of Cape Verde. The species were named by Achille Valenciennes in 1830 together with Ascension Island seabream (Diplodocus ascensionis), Diplodocus lineatus and the Red Sea seabream (Diplodus noct).
The genus name is the Latin for the face.
Its relative is the Two-banded seabream (Diplodus prayensis).
It feeds on invertebrates and algae.
The fish are founded in waters down to 100 metres deep.
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