Dicentrarchus labrax

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	MORONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Dicentrarchus labrax

Species Authority:

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Bass, Capemouth, Common Bass, European Bass, European Seabass, King Of The Mullets, Sea Dace, Sea Perch, White Mullet, White Salmon
French	–	Bar, Bar Commun, Bar Européen, Bar Franc, Bog, Brigue, Drelique, Gutgareo, Loubas Negre, Loubine, Loup, Loupassou, Loup de Mer, Lubin, Luvassu, Pigne
Spanish	–	Baieta, Baila, Cherne, Llop, Llubina, Lubaro, Lubina, Mero, Pintat, Robaliza, Robalo

Synonym/s:

Centropomus lupus Lacepède, 1802

Centropomus mullus Lacepède, 1802

Dicentrarchus elongatus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

Dicentrarchus lupus (Lacepède, 1802)

Labrax diacanthus (Bloch, 1792)

Labrax elongatus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

Labrax labrax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Labrax linnei Malm, 1877

Labrax lupus (Lacepède, 1802)

Labrax vulgaris Guérin-Méneville, 1829-38

Morone labrax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Perca diacantha (Bloch, 1792)

Perca elongata Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817

Perca labrax Linnaeus, 1758

Perca sinuosa Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817

Roccus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sciaena diacantha Bloch, 1792

Sciaena labrax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M.
Reviewer/s:	Bogutskaya, N., & Smith, K. (IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit)
Contributor/s:
Justification: A widespread species with no known major widespread threats.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	All European coasts. Absent from White, Barents, Baltic and Caspian Seas and from Northern Black Sea and Sea of Azov.
Countries:	Native: Albania; Algeria; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; Denmark; Egypt; Faroe Islands; France; Georgia; Germany; Gibraltar; Greece; Guernsey; Ireland; Isle of Man; Israel; Italy; Jersey; Lebanon; Libya; Monaco; Montenegro; Morocco; Netherlands; Norway; Palestinian Territory, Occupied; Portugal; Romania; Russian Federation; Serbia (Serbia); Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Syrian Arab Republic; Tunisia; Turkey; Ukraine; United Kingdom
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Population [top]

Population:	Abundant.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Habitat: Coastal waters and estuaries. Biology: Lives up to 30 years. Spawns for the first time at 4-7 years and about 350 (males) and 420 (females) mm SL. A pelagic spawner in open sea, in January-June at temperatures above 9°C. Larvae planktonic. Juveniles move inshore as they grow, aggregating in brackish estuarine nursery areas where they usually remain until their second summer. Large juveniles and adults show a complicated migration pattern at sea, coming close to shore and entering freshwaters of estuaries during summer to forage. Juveniles feed on invertebrates, taking increasingly more fish with age. Adults piscivorous.
Systems:	Freshwater; Marine

Habitat and Ecology:

Habitat:
Coastal waters and estuaries.

Biology:
Lives up to 30 years. Spawns for the first time at 4-7 years and about 350 (males) and 420 (females) mm SL. A pelagic spawner in open sea, in January-June at temperatures above 9°C. Larvae planktonic. Juveniles move inshore as they grow, aggregating in brackish estuarine nursery areas where they usually remain until their second summer. Large juveniles and adults show a complicated migration pattern at sea, coming close to shore and entering freshwaters of estuaries during summer to forage. Juveniles feed on invertebrates, taking increasingly more fish with age. Adults piscivorous.

Systems:

Freshwater; Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	No major threats known.

Major Threat(s):

No major threats known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	No information.

Conservation Actions:

No information.

Citation:	Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Dicentrarchus labrax. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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