Picarel
Spicara smaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Also calledArznella (male) (mlt) · Caramel (spa) · Gerret (spa) · Girica (slv) · Maridhë (sqi) · Munqara (female) (mlt) · Munqara bastarda (mlt) · Picarel (fra) · Picarel commun (fra) · Picarel-do-Mediterrâneo (por) · Pysoń smukły (pol) · Slank pikarel (dan) · Smarid (ron) · Trombeiro-boga (por)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea, eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to Canary Islands. Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 22 August 2009); Med. (LC: 14 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Common. Low priority for conservation action.
The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status
materials_examined
Sea of Marmara: 16600 - 696 (1 spc.), 23.10.1992, Front of Goenen Stream, trawl, 29 m, L. Eryilmaz. Aegean Sea: 16600 - 330 (12 spc.), 1969, M. Demir; 16600 - 322 (1 spc.), 1969, M. Demir; 16600 - 329 (7 spc.), 1969, M. Demir. Mediterranean Sea: 16600 - 715 (1 spc.), January 2003, Iskenderun Bay, trawl, C. Dalyan.
A catalogue of the fishes held in the Istanbul University, Science Faculty, Hydrobiology Museum.
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Every page naming Spicara smaris in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2393236.