Bony fish · Perciformes · Sparidae
Sparus aurata
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
It is a protandrous hermaphrodite: every fish is born functionally male and switches to female between the ages of two and three.
Weight
up to 9.5 kg
Size
35 cm – 65 cm
Life expectancy
11 years
Diet
Carnivore
Feeds mainly on other animals.
Activity
Irregular activity
Active at irregular times, by day or night depending on circumstances.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
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Sources consulted: ResearchGate · Cambridge Core · World Species · IUCN GISD · PMC
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 20 of 116.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Gilthead — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about gilthead.
The pins mark the parks and dive sites where its presence is documented.
