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Alan Davidson

Red Sea-Bream

Pagellus bogaraveo (BrĂĽnnich)

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top 1000North Atlantic Seafood
North Atlantic Seafood

By Alan Davidson

Published 1980

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Family Sparidae

  • Portuguese: Goraz
  • Spanish: Besugo
  • French: Dorade rose
  • Dutch: Roode zeebrasen
  • German: Nordischer Meerbrassen
  • Other: Bishigua (Basque)

REMARKS Maximum length 70 cm. Adult fish are rose or grey-red in colour. Note the dark spot on the shoulder, the depth of the body and the size of the eye.

This species is the only member of the family which is common in European Atlantic waters. It is found in the English Channel and off the south-west and west coasts of the British Isles; and it goes further north in warm weather. It is the subject of a small commercial fishery, mainly by French and Spanish boats.

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