axillary sea-bream
Pagellus acarne
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Sparidae
- Genus
- Pagellus
Where to Find
Found in 19 diving areas across 10 countries and 2 regions.
- Santiago, Cape Verde - 2 records
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 2 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 2 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 3 records
- Larnaca, Cyprus - 1 records
- Paphos & Coral Bay, Cyprus - 1 records
- Corsica, France - 2 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 97 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 4 records
- Ustica, Italy - 2 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 32 records
- Azores, Portugal - 162 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 91 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 67 records
- Canary Islands, Spain - 87 records
- Costa Brava, Spain - 57 records
- Medes Islands, Spain - 329 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 38 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 1 records