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Bogue
Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758)
Also calledBoba (hrv) · Boga (fin) · Boga (spa) · Boga (por) · Boga (ita) · Boga-do-mar (por) · Boga-pintada (por) · Bogue (fra) · Bokvis (nld) · Bops (pol) · Bukv (hrv) · Bukva (slv) · Bukva (srp) · Bukva (hrv)
Boops boops ( BOH-ops; from Ancient Greek βόωψ, lit. 'ox-eyed'), commonly called the bogue, bogue bream, or boce, is a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution. Western Baltic Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea, eastern Atlantic: Norway south to Angola, including Madeira and Canary Islands. Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 14 August 2009); Med. (LC: 11 December 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, Unknown. Occurrence: Very common. Low priority for conservation action.
The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status
materials_examined
Mediterranean Sea: 14600 - 316 (6 spc.), 13.02.1968, Mersin Bay, trawl, M. Demir.
A catalogue of the fishes held in the Istanbul University, Science Faculty, Hydrobiology Museum.
From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The species is found off the coasts of Europe, Africa, the Azores and the Canary Islands, from Norway to Angola, and in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. It avoids brackish waters such as the Baltic Sea. A demersal and semi-pelagic feeder, it can generally be found at a depth of 100 m (330 ft), and infrequently down to 350 m (1,150 ft).
What it does
It consumes seaweed, crustaceans, and some plankton, in schools that rise to the surface at night. Individuals can reach 36 cm (14 in), but average 20 cm (7.9 in). Sex determination in the bogue is unclear. It has variously been described as a rudimentary intersex organism, with a few intersex individuals, or a protogynous intersex, with individuals starting out life as females, and some becoming male later on.
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5210955.