Romania country information

Common names: Dorada
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
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Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ro.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bauchot, M.-L., 1987
National Database: Animalia Eukarya - Romania

Classificação / Names

Actinopterygii (peixes com raios nas barbatanas) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Sparidae (Porgies)
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Common names from other countries

Дорада (=аурата), Dorade royale, Dorada, ... more

Referência principal

Bauchot, M.-L. and J.-C. Hureau. 1990. (Ref. 3688)
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Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Max length : 70.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 35388); common length : 35.0 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 4781); Peso máx. publicado: 17.2 kg (Ref. 40637); Idade máx. registada: 11 anos (Ref. 7253)

Length at first maturity
L_m ?, range 33 - 40 cm

Ambiente

; marinhas; estuarina demersal; intervalo de profundidade 1 - 150 m (Ref. 35388), usually 1 - 30 m (Ref. 54890)

Clima / Intervalo

Subtropical, preferred 26°C (Ref. 107945); 62°N - 15°N, 17°W - 43°E (Ref. 54890)

Distribuição

Eastern Atlantic: British Isles, Strait of Gibraltar to Cape Verde and around the Canary Islands; also in the Mediterranean (Ref. 3688). Reported from the Black Sea (Ref. 12781). Reports from New Zealand refer to Pagrus auratus (Foster 1801) (Ref. 5755, 9258).
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Descrição breve

Espinhos dorsais (total): 11; Raios dorsais moles (total): 13-14; Espinhos anais 3; Raios anais moles: 11 - 12. Body tall, with large black spot on the gill cover. Snout more than twice as long as the eye diameter (Ref. 35388).

Found in seagrass beds and sandy bottoms as well as in the surf zone commonly to depths of about 30 m, but adults may occur to 150 m depth. A sedentary fish, either solitary or in small aggregations. In spring, they often occur in brackish water coastal lagoons and estuaries. Mainly carnivorous, accessorily herbivorous (Ref. 3688). Feed on shellfish, including mussels and oysters. One of the most important fishes in saline and hypersaline aquaculture. Utilized fresh and eaten steamed, pan-fried, broiled, boiled, microwaved and baked (Ref. 9987).