Dicentrarchus labrax
Authors/Creators
- 1. Al Andalus University, Kadmus, Tartus, Syria / Syrian Society for Aquatic Environment Protection, Lattakia, Syria.
- 2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Nevþehir Hacý BektaþVeli University, Nevþehir, T ¸ rkiye.
- 3. Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
- 4. Staatliches Museum f ¸ r Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany.
- 5. Health Services Vocational School, Nevþehir Hacý BektaþVeli University, Nevþehir, T ¸ rkiye.
- 6. Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.
Description
Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) [N]—European seabass; Brak/Ghenbar
Taxonomy. Original description: Perca labrax Linnaeus, 1758: 290 [Southern Europe, Mediterranean Sea; syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.1 (1, skin)].—Syrian synonyms: Morone labrax (Linnaeus, 1758).—Revisions: None.— Illustration: Tortonese in Whitehead et al. (1986: 794, fig.).
Status in Syria. First record from Syria by Saad (2005).—Syrian material: MSL.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Syria: Mediterranean watersheds.—Distribution in River Basin: 6- Coastal.—General distribution: Western Baltic Sea; North Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; eastern Atlantic: Norway and Iceland south to Senegal, including Madeira; Red Sea: Gulf of Suez (Mediterranean Sea immigrant).—Distribution in Ecoregion: 436-Coastal Levant.—Habitat: This species is pelagic, near shore, and sometimes in lagoons and estuaries. It spawns at sea. Freshwater, brackish, marine.
Economic importance. Commercially important.
Conservation. Conservation status in Syria: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (IUCN 2023).—Threats: No major threats known.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Moronidae
- Genus
- Dicentrarchus
- Species
- labrax
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Saad, Çiçek, Esmaeili, Fricke, Sungur & Eagderi, 2023
References
- Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae. Vol. 1. Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata). Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, ii + 824 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 542
- Whitehead, P. J. P., Bauchot, M. - L. Hureau, J. - C. Nielsen, J. G. & Tortonese, E. (1986) n. k. In: Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Vol. III. UNESCO, Paris, pp. 1015 - 1473. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1444931
- Saad, A. (2005) Check-list of Bony Fish Collected from the Coast of Syria. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 5, 99 - 106.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022 - 2. Available from: https: // www. iucnredlist. org / (accessed date 12 July 2023)