Dicentrarchus labrax

Size range: 15- 60 cm

Maximum length: 100 cm

Common size: 50 cm

Habitat:

• Soft/rocky - mainly over rocky or sandy substrate
• In the littoral zone on various kinds of bottoms on estuaries, lagoons and occasionally rivers

Water column position:

• Supra- benthic
• Pelagic

Colors & patterns:

• Silvery grey without dots
• Young with some dark spots on upper part of body
• Two separate dorsal fins

Behavior:

• Transient - not related to specific sites
• Diurnal
• Shy

Schooling characteristics:

• Small groups

Feeding characteristics: Feed chiefly on shrimps and mollusks, also on fishes .Juveniles feed on invertebrates, taking increasingly more fish with age.

Native