European conger eel
(Conger conger)
(Conger conger)
Picarel
(Spicara smaris)
(Spicara smaris)
Thornback ray
(Raja clavata)
(Raja clavata)
Sealife guideThe picarelSpicara smaris
Taxonomy
- Common name: Picarel
- French name: Picarel, jarret
- Spanish name: Caramel
- Scientific name: Spicara smaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Family name: Sparidae
- Order name: Perciformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
Description
The picarel has a spindle-shaped silvery body with dark brown vertical stripes and a characteristic quasi-rectangular black spot in the middle of its flanks.
The picarel (Spicara smaris) © Serg_dibrova | Dreamstime.com
Range
The picarel lives in both Mediterranean and Black Sea waters.
Did you know ?
The picarel is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The picarel appears in the IUCN Red List since 2014 within the category Least Concern !
Within the same genus
Blotched picarel
(Spicara maena)
(Spicara maena)
Within the same family
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(Calamus penna)
(Calamus penna)
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(Calamus calamus)
(Calamus calamus)
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(Acanthopagrus australis)
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(Sparus aurata)
(Sparus aurata)
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(Oblada melanurus)
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(Archosargus probatocephalus)
(Archosargus probatocephalus)
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(Diplodus vulgaris)
(Diplodus vulgaris)
Salema
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(Sarpa salpa)
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