#2231 · 🐟 fish
Horned Bream
🇳🇱 Zebra-zeebrasem ·Diplodus cervinus
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what is it?
Diplodus cervinus , commonly known as the zebra seabream , is a species of seabream belonging to the family Sparidae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 1,773 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Richard Thomas Lowe in 1838 (188 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Horned Bream
- Nederlands
- Zebra-zeebrasem
- scientific name
- Diplodus cervinus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Acanthuriformes
- family
- Sparidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 914
- sightings worldwide
- 1,773
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1838 by Richard Thomas Lowe
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Sparidae
#2163 📷 7Gilthead Seabream
🇳🇱 Goudbrasem
Sparus aurata
LC 👀 1 in NL
#2171 📷 10Salema Porgy
🇳🇱 Gestreepte bokvis
Sarpa salpa
LC 🌍 11.4k seen
#2174 📷 8Common Two-banded Seabream
🇳🇱 Zwartkopzeebrasem
Diplodus vulgaris
LC 🌍 10.3k seen
#2175 📷 7White Sea Bream
🇳🇱 Zilveren zeebrasem
Diplodus sargus
LC 🌍 9.3k seen
#2272 📷 10Pinfish
Lagodon rhomboides
LC 🌍 7.9k seen
#2184 📷 10Saddled Seabream
🇳🇱 Zadelzeebrasem
Oblada melanurus
LC 🌍 6.9k seen
#2336 📷 10Australasian Snapper
Chrysophrys auratus
LC 🌍 4.4k seen
#2370 📷 10Yellowfin Bream
Acanthopagrus australis
LC 🌍 3.9k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 49984, Wikidata Q942190, GBIF 5712108, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.