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SpeciesPerciformesSparidae
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๐ŸŸGilt-head bream

Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758

The gilt-head bream, also known as the gilthead, dourade, gilt-head seabream, European seabream or silver seabream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, the seabreams or porgies. This fish is found in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. It is a highly esteemed food fish and an important species in aquaculture.

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Also called
Sparus aurata, Snapper, Silver Seabream, Gilt-head Seabream
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2014.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
9.46 kg
Body length
0.35 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
11 years
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Body mass
9.46 kgrecord 17 kg ยท FishBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge ยท AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) ยท CC BY 3.0

Body length
0.35 mrecord 0.7 m ยท FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase ยท v25.04 ยท CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
11 yearsrecord 11 years ยท FishBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge ยท AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) ยท CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
3.7
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Source: FishBase ยท v25.04, estimate table ยท CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.7 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2โ€“2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Source: FishBase ยท v25.04 ยท CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
9.5 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Gilt-head bream yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. โ€บphylumChordata
  3. โ€บorderPerciformes
  4. โ€บfamilySparidae
  5. โ€บgenusSparus
  6. โ€บspeciesSparus aurata
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish ยท Actinopterygii
  2. orderAcanthomorphata
  3. orderSpariformes
  4. genusSparus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish ยท Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAcanthomorphata
  10. orderSpariformes
  11. genusSparus
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Sparus aurata (es), Sparus aurata (fr), Dorada (pl), ืกืคืจื•ืก ื–ื”ื•ื‘ (he), Sparus aurata (it), Dourada (gl) โ€ฆ and 23 more languages
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