#2174 · 🐟 fish

Common Two-banded Seabream

🇳🇱 Zwartkopzeebrasem ·Diplodus vulgaris

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Philippe Guillaume · CC BY 4.0
2. © Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Roberto Pillon · CC BY 4.0
4. © GRID-Arendal · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Guido and Carrara family · CC BY 4.0
6. © tim h · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Oualid AMMAR · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Diplodus vulgaris , the common two-banded seabream , is a species of seabream belonging to the family Sparidae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,262iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
10,262 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1817 (209 years ago).