Species details : Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Accepted scientific name:
Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Lithognathus mormyrus  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms:
Pagellus goreensis Valenciennes, 1830 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Pagellus goreensis Valenciennes, 1830
Pagellus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Pagellus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sparus mormyrus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Sparus mormyrus Linnaeus, 1758
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Saklote - - Ghana(Locality not available.) Click here to show the literature
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Sandsteenbras - Afrikaans Namibia Click here to show the literature
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Sandsteenbras - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Murra - Albanian Albania Click here to show the literature
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Ghozailla - Arabic Egypt Click here to show the literature
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Kofer - Arabic Oman Click here to show the literature
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Mankus - Arabic Libya Click here to show the literature
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Marmoûr - Arabic Lebanon Click here to show the literature
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Mermar - Arabic Egypt Click here to show the literature
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ﺱﻮﮑﻨﻣ - Arabic Libya Click here to show the literature
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Abdhim - Arabic, Hassaniya Mauritania Click here to show the literature
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Mabre - Catalan Spain(Catalunya) Click here to show the literature
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Ferreiro - Creole, Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Nacho - Creole, Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Nacho ou Ferreiro - Creole, Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Sargo d'areia - Creole, Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Sargo-de-areia - Creole, Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Oveica - Croatian Croatia
Stribet blankesten - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Sand steenbras - English Namibia Click here to show the literature
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Sand steenbras - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Sand steenbras - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Sand steenbras - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Striped sea bream - English Spain Click here to show the literature
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Striped seabream - English Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Striped seabream - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Dorade marbré - French France Click here to show the literature
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Marbré - French France Click here to show the literature
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Marbré - French Mauritania Click here to show the literature
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Pageau gris - French Senegal Click here to show the literature
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Pageot - French Algeria Click here to show the literature
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Marmorbrasse - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Marmorbrasse - German Namibia Click here to show the literature
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Aiole - Italian Italy(Porto Empedocle.) Click here to show the literature
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Aiula - Italian Italy(Messina and Palermo.) Click here to show the literature
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Ajula - Italian Italy(Calabria and Catania.) Click here to show the literature
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Cascioli - Italian Italy(Taranto.) Click here to show the literature
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Casciulu - Italian Italy(Otranto.) Click here to show the literature
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Casiolu - Italian Italy(Gallipoli.) Click here to show the literature
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Gajula - Italian Italy(Palermo.) Click here to show the literature
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Gajulu - Italian Italy(Calabria.) Click here to show the literature
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Gasciola - Italian Italy(Bari.) Click here to show the literature
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Gòscele - Italian Italy(Molfetta.) Click here to show the literature
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Iaiula - Italian Italy(Siracusa.) Click here to show the literature
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Jajula - Italian Italy(Messina.) Click here to show the literature
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Marmarozza - Italian Italy(Roma.) Click here to show the literature
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Marmele - Italian Italy(Gaeta and Torre del Greco.) Click here to show the literature
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Marmolo - Italian Italy(Napoli.) Click here to show the literature
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Marmora - Italian Italy(Civitavecchia.) Click here to show the literature
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Marmoro - Italian Italy(Gaeta.) Click here to show the literature
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Marmura - Italian Italy(Olbia.) Click here to show the literature
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Mirmora - Italian Italy(Napoli.) Click here to show the literature
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Mormi - Italian Italy(Manfredonia.) Click here to show the literature
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Mormoa - Italian Italy(Genova.) Click here to show the literature
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Mormora - Italian Italy(Chioggia, Livorno, and Monfalcone.) Click here to show the literature
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Mormorin - Italian Italy(Chioggia.) Click here to show the literature
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Mormoro - Italian Italy(Ancona.) Click here to show the literature
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Mormua - Italian Italy(Imperia.) Click here to show the literature
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Murmere - Italian Italy(Pescara.) Click here to show the literature
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Murmua - Italian Italy(La Spezia.) Click here to show the literature
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Murmungioni - Italian Italy(Cagliari.) Click here to show the literature
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Murmura - Italian Italy(Crotone and Olbia.) Click here to show the literature
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Pagai - Italian Italy(Genova.) Click here to show the literature
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Pesce mormora - Italian Italy(Venezia.) Click here to show the literature
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Praila - Italian Italy(Reggio Calabria.) Click here to show the literature
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Voscele - Italian Italy(Taranto.) Click here to show the literature
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Ajula - Maltese Malta Click here to show the literature
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Mingus - Maltese Malta Click here to show the literature
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Minkus - Maltese Malta Click here to show the literature
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横带小鲷 Heng dai xiao diao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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橫帶小鯛 Heng dai siao diao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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細條石頜鯛 Si tiao shih han diao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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细条石颌鲷 Si tiao shi han diao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Mourmoura - Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Murmura - Modern Greek (1453-) Greece
Βασιλόψαρο Vasilopsaro Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Μουρμούρα Mourmoura Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Μουρμούρι Mourmouri Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Morlesz pregowany - Polish Poland Click here to show the literature
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Besugo - Portuguese Angola Click here to show the literature
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Besugo-de-eva - Portuguese Angola Click here to show the literature
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Besugo-trombeiro - Portuguese Angola Click here to show the literature
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Besugo-trombudo - Portuguese Angola Click here to show the literature
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Ferreira - Portuguese -
Ferreira - Portuguese Angola Click here to show the literature
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Ferreira - Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Ferreira - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Ferreira estriada - Portuguese Mozambique Click here to show the literature
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Riscado - Portuguese -
Atlanticheskiy zemleroi - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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Ovcica - Serbian Serbia and Montenegro Click here to show the literature
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Oveica - Slovenian Slovenia Click here to show the literature
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Herrera - Spanish Mauritania Click here to show the literature
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Herrera - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Cizgili mercan - Turkish Turkey Click here to show the literature
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Çizgilimercan blığı - Turkish Turkey Click here to show the literature
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Lekelimercan balığı - Turkish Turkey Click here to show the literature
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Mırmır balığı - Turkish Turkey Click here to show the literature
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Ring - Wolof Senegal Click here to show the literature
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Ringue - Wolof Mauritania Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Sparidae FishBase
Genus Lithognathus FishBase
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay, Strait of Gibraltar and Mediterranean, Black, and Azov seas to Cape of Good Hope, South Africa and the Mozambique Channel. Also found around the Canary Islands, Cape Verde (Ref. 4781) and Madeira Is (Ref. 74541). Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea; southern Mozambique to the Cape of Good Hope; not found in tropical east Africa (Ref. 3198).
Lifezones: Brackish,marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=706
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd9cc906-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401