Gilthead
Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758
Also calledAwrata (mlt) · Chaparreta (spa) · Cipura (tur) · Daurade (fra) · Denci awrata (mlt) · Dorada (spa) · Dorada (pol) · Dorada (ron) · Dorada Del Pacífico (spa) · Dorade (fra) · Dorade royale (fra) · Dorata (mlt) · Dourada (por) · Dourada (spa)
First described in: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea, eastern Atlantic: British Isles south to Senegal, including Cape Verde Islands; introduced in Madeira; recorded as NIS from the Red Sea. Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 19 August 2009); Med. (LC: 13 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, HAB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Medium priority for conservation action.
The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status
description
Literature Vuković 1963 a, 1977 a; Mikavica 1998; Bogut et al. 2006; Sofradžija 2009; Tutman et al. 2012 a.
Freshwater fishes (Petromyzonti, Elasmobranchii, and Actinopteri) of Bosnia and Herzegovina: an updated inventory on the biodiversity and distribution
discussion
Remarks Present in the lower reaches of the Neretva River and the Hutovo Blato wetland, where it enters from coastal areas of the Adriatic Sea.
Freshwater fishes (Petromyzonti, Elasmobranchii, and Actinopteri) of Bosnia and Herzegovina: an updated inventory on the biodiversity and distribution
Introduced species impact
Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Genetic impacts: hybridisation and introgression
World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2392508.