Diplodus vulgaris, Common two-banded seabream : fisheries, gamefish, aquarium

Diplodus vulgaris (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

Common two-banded seabream
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Diplodus: Greek, diploos = twice + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; benthopelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 160 m, usually 0 - 30 m (Ref. 13780). Subtropical; ? - 25°C (Ref. 130592); 50°N - 40°S, 26°W - 36°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay to Cape Verde and the Canary Islands including the Mediterranean and Black Sea (off Bulgaria); also from Angola to South Africa.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 16.6  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 45.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3397); common length : 22.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3397); max. published weight: 1.3 kg (Ref. 40637)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

A euryhaline species inhabiting rocky and sometimes sandy bottoms to depths of 160 m, but more commonly in less than 50 m. The young are sometimes found in seagrass beds. Adults feed on crustaceans, worms and mollusks (Ref. 3688). Important food fish.

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Potentially hermaphroditic (Ref. 4781).

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Bauchot, M.-L. and J.-C. Hureau, 1990. Sparidae. p. 790-812. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3688)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 August 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index
(Ref. 82804) 		PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight a=0.01230 (0.01100 - 0.01377), b=3.05 (3.03 - 3.07), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level
(Ref. 69278) 		3.5   ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time 4.3 (2.8 - 5.5) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 16 growth studies.
Resilience
(Ref. 120179) 		Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.26-0.4; tmax=6; tm=2).
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 59153) 		Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability
(Ref. 125649) 		Low vulnerability (23 of 100). 🛈
Price category
(Ref. 80766) 		Low.
Nutrients
(Ref. 124155) 		Calcium = 49.2 [25.2, 92.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.766 [0.416, 1.387] mg/100g; Protein = 18.8 [17.8, 19.7] %; Omega3 = 0.345 [0.189, 0.641] g/100g; Selenium = 29.6 [13.1, 62.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 24.3 [6.3, 92.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.919 [0.627, 1.322] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.