Blotched picarel
Spicara maena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Also calledArznell (male) (mlt) · Arznella bastarda (mlt) · Arznella tat-tikek (mlt) · Cawla (mlt) · Chucla (spa) · Gerle (fra) · Laxierfisch (deu) · Locu (ita) · Maridhe (sqi) · Maridhe e zeze (sqi) · Mendole (fra) · Menola (ita) · Menula (mlt) · Meridhe (sqi)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea, eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to Morocco and Canary Islands. Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 22 August 2009); Med. (LC: 14 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Low priority for conservation action.
The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status
materials_examined
Sea of Marmara: 16500 - 695 (5 spc.), 17.04.1992, Front of Goenen Stream, trawl, 33 m, L. Eryilmaz. Aegean Sea: 16500 - 327 (5 spc.), 1969, M. Demir; 16500 - 328 (6 spc.), 1969, M. Demir; 16500 - 321 (1 spc.), 1969, M. Demir; 16500 - 320 (1 spc.), 07.08.1989, Guelluek Bay, trawl, 85 m, N. Meric.
A catalogue of the fishes held in the Istanbul University, Science Faculty, Hydrobiology Museum.
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Every page naming Spicara maena in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2393205.