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Caught fish on the former island of Urk, Flevoland province, The Netherlands
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A big 'ol fat wild Bream I caught from the river Len.
This fish topped the scales at 8lb 9oz, which makes this my 2nd largest snotty to date.
A right gnarly old bream, tipping the scales at 7lb 1oz.
A fantastic wild fish.
Photographed and returned straight away to the sweet water of the River Len.
My third Bream of the week from the river Len is this fish weighing 4lb 11oz.
@ZOO Antwerpen
We were under the edge of the cloud cover from Hurricane Helene and that provided the conditions for a colorful sunset. It's been a while since I used this lens/film combination in the Hipstamatic app and this seemed like the perfect to return.
@ZOO Antwerpen
@ ZOO Antwerpen
Common Two-banded Sea Bream (Diplodus vulgaris) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. This species is found in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean. It is an important species for fisheries and is grown in aquaculture.
Diplodus vulgaris has an oval shaped, deep, compressed body with a moderately fleshy-lipped slightly protrusible mouth. There are 8 slender brown coloured incisor-like teeth at the front of each jaw with between 3 and 5 rows of molar-like teeth in the upper jaw and between2 and 4 rows of similar teeth in the lower jaw. The molar like teeth sit behind the incisor like teeth and extend along the sides of each jaw. The dorsal fin is supported by 11 or 12 spines and between 13 and 16 soft rays while there are 3 spines and 12 to 15 soft rays supporting the anal fin. The overall colour is grey, greenish or brownish, paler on the lower body. There is a dark band on the nape which extends to the base of the pectoral fins and to the rear edge of the gill cover, a second dark band rings the caudal peduncle immediately behind the rearmost soft rays of the dorsal and anal fins. This may be less extensive in young individuals. There is a black spot at the base of the pectoral fn. The forked caudal fin is dark, darkening towards the rear margin while the other fins are greyish, also darkening towards their margins. The common two-banded seabream has a maximum published total length of 45 cm (18 in), although 22 cm (8.7 in) is more typical, with a maximum published weight of 1.3 kg (2.9 lb).
Diplodus vulgaris is found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean from the Canary Islands and Madeira north to the Bay of Biscay and throughout the Mediterranean and Black Sea.[9] In the Bay of Biscay the species has been spreading north and is now found as far north as the Channel Islands and Normandy. The common two-banded seabream is an oceanodromous, euryhaline, benthopelagic fish found at depths between 0 and 160 m (0 and 525 ft), although typically found in water less than 50 m (160 ft) deep, over rocky and sandy substrates. The young fishes may be found living among seagrass beds.
Diplodus vulgaris is carnivorous, a study of their diet in the Adriatic Sea found that the preyed on crustaceans, molluscs, polychaetes, fish eggs and sea urchins with the most important prey being zooplanktonic copepods and gastropods. They also found that prey preferences changed as the fish grew with smaller fish mainly feeding on zooplankton and larger fish on benthic invertebrates.[11] Another study, off southwestern Portugal, found that the common two-banded seabream preyed on brittle stars, polychaetes, amphipods and sea urchins.[12]
The common two-banded seabream is a protandric hermaphrodite. A study in the Gulf of Gabes in Tunisia found that the sex ratio was 1.66 females to each male. It also found that the spawning season ran from October to February, peaking in December and January. The total length at which half of the population attained sexual maturity was around 14.14 cm (5.57 in) for females and 13.57 cm (5.34 in) for males. In the Aegean Sea workers found that the spawning season ran from September until March and peaked during December and that the size that 50% of the population reached sexual maturity was 18.35 cm (7.22 in) for males and 20.37 cm (8.02 in) for females. Females were found to have oocyte counts between 10,727 and 316,730, with a mean of around 73,000.
Photo by Nick Dobbs, White Tower Bay, Malta 14-08-2024
Cow Bream (Sarpa salpa) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Sarpa. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and southwestern Indian Ocean. This species has been known to cause ichthyoallyeinotoxism when eaten.
The Cow Bream has a moderately slender, neatly oval body which has a depth which fits into its standard length 2.8 times. The dorsal fin is supported by 11 spines and 14 or 15 soft rays while the anal fin contains 3 spines and between 13 and 15 soft rays. There are scales on the cheeks under the eyes. There is a scaly sheath at the base of the anal fin but the area between the eyes, the base of the anal fin and the flange of the preoperculum are scaleless. There is a single row of notched incisor-like teeth on the upper jaw and pointed incisor-like teeth on the lower jaw, and there are no molar-like teeth. The body is silvery with between 8 and 10 horizontal golden lines along the sides with a black spot at the base of the pectoral fin.
Males are typically 15 to 30 cm (6–12 in) in length, while females are usually 31 to 45 cm (12–18 in).[10] The maximum size is 51 cm (20 in).
Photo by Nick Dobbs, Għar Lapsi, Malta 11-08-2024
