#2210 · 🐟 fish

Sharpsnout Seabream

🇳🇱 Spitssnuitzeebrasem ·Diplodus puntazzo

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
2. © whodden · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Anders Finn Jørgensen · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Murcia, ES-MU, ES:© jjulio2000 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Monaco:© Daniel PINELLI · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Almería, Espagne:© Lupoli Roland · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Nuoro, Sardegna, IT:© loan_1221 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Haifa, Israel:© saraorca · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Mediterranean Sea, Tossa de Mar, Girona, ES:© Nicholas Bott · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Epirus, Epirus and Western Macedonia, Greece:© Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Diplodus puntazzo , the sharpsnout seabream , sheephead bream or puntazzo , is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. This species is found in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean and Black Seas. This omnivorous fish is an important species for aquaculture and fisheries, despite the flesh not being highly esteemed.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,246iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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).