Sparus Aurata - Sea bream - Tsipoura - Orata - Dorada - Dorade Royale - Dourada · 그리스

Sea bream Its scientific name is Sparus aurata and it belongs to the Sparidae family. According to scientific literature, its length may reach 70 cm. and its weight 12 to 15 kilos! However, the most common weight in the Mediterranean is from 800g to 4-5 kg. It lives approximately for 10-11 years. Sea Bream is a wide-ranging benthic species, a fish that is met both in brackish as well as in salty waters and lives near the sea floor. It prefers sandy or muddy seabeds and seaweed beds; however, it can usually be found at a depth of up to 30 m., though the larger fish of the species usually move deeper (up to 150 m. depth). It is spread all over the Mediterranean, in the Black Sea and the Eastern Atlantic Ocean from Great Britain to Senegal, and rare in the Black Sea. It is a carnivorous species, but also consumes vegetable matter as a consequence of its benthic diet. It commonly feeds on mollusks, mussels, and shellfish.