Boops boops

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lexID:

4556 

Scientific:

Boops boops 

German:

Gelbstriemenbrasse 

English:

Bogue 

Category:

Sars 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sparidae (Family) > Boops (Genus) > boops (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, 1758) 

Occurrence:

Bay of Biscay, the Ivory Coast, São Tomé e Principé, Madeira, the Isle of Man, Afrique de l'Ouest, Afrique du nord, Angola, Atlantique Est, Azores, Canaries, Egypte, Espagne, Golf du Guinée, îles britanniques, Le Cap-Vert, littoraux européens, Méditerranée, Mer Noire, Portugal, Scandinavie, Sénégal, Street of Gibralta, Togo 

Size:

20 cm - 36 cm 

Temperature:

18°C - 20°C 

Food:

Invertébrés, le zooplancton 

Difficulty:

Pas pour l'aquarium! 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Boops boops
  Gelbstriemenbrasse
• 
  Boops lineatus
  Meerbrasse

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-08-22 01:15:17 

Last edit:

2012-08-22 01:15:17 

Husbandry

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: Norway to Angola, including the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, and the Sao Tome-Principe Islands.
Common from Bay of Biscay to Gibraltar.
Also found in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

Biology
Found on the shelf or coastal pelagic on various bottoms (sand, mud, rocks and seaweeds). Gregarious, ascending to the surface mainly at night. Omnivorous, feeding mainly on crustaceans, also planktophagous. Hermaphroditic, generally protogynous. Also caught in pelagic trawls. Utilized fresh and frozen; consumed pan-fried, broiled and baked.

Human uses
Fisheries: highly commercial; gamefish: yes; bait: usually

Synonyms:
Boops canariensis Valenciennes, 1839
Box boops (Linnaeus, 1758)
Box canariensis (Valenciennes, 1839)
Box vulgaris Valenciennes, 1830
Sparus boops Linnaeus, 1758

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sparidae (Family) > Boops (Genus) > Boops boops (Species)

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