The banded seabream (''Diplodus fasciatus'') is a species of marine fish of the family
Sparidae
The Sparidae are a family of fish in the order Perciformes, commonly called sea breams and porgies. The sheepshead, scup, and red seabream are species in this family. Most sparids are deep-bodied compressed fish with a small mouth separated by a ...
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The species was first described as ''Sargus fasciatus'' by
Achille Valenciennes
Achille Valenciennes (9 August 1794 – 13 April 1865) was a French zoologist.
Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. His study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology. ...
in 1830.
Cuvier
Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (; 23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in nat ...
& Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
(1830). '' Histoire naturelle des poissons
Tome 6me
', p. 59
Description
This
benthopelagic fish grows to an average length of 30 cm, maximum 45 cm. It feeds predominantly on small invertebrates.
[''Diplodocus fasciatus'' at FishBase]
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Distribution
The fish inhabits rocky bottoms in waters down to 100 metres depth.[ It occurs in the eastern ]Atlantic
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...
, off the coast of Cape Verde
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References
Further reading
* Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol. 1–3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. .
* Fenner, Robert M. ''The Conscientious Marine Aquarist''. Neptune City, New Jersey, USA: T.F.H. Publications, 2001.
* Helfman, G., B. Collette and D. Facey: ''The diversity of fishes''. Blackwell Science, Malden, Massachusetts, USA, 1997.
* Hoese, D.F. 1986. A M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany
* Maugé, L.A. 1986. A J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren, Flanders; and ORSTOM, Paris, France, Vol. 2.
* Moyle, P. and J. Cech.: ''Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology'', 4th ed., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA: Prentice-Hall. 2000.
* Nelson, J.: ''Fishes of the World'', 3rd ed.. New York, USA: John Wiley and Sons., 1994
* Wheeler, A.: ''The World Encyclopedia of Fishes'', 2nd ed., London: Macdonald., 1985
banded seabream
Fish of West Africa
banded seabream
Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes
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