Species details : Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758)

Accepted scientific name:
Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Boops boops  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms:
Boops canariensis Valenciennes, 1839 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Boops canariensis Valenciennes, 1839
Box boops (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Box boops (Linnaeus, 1758)
Box canariensis (Valenciennes, 1839) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Box canariensis (Valenciennes, 1839)
Box vulgaris Valenciennes, 1830 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Box vulgaris Valenciennes, 1830
Sparus boops Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Sparus boops Linnaeus, 1758
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Otoe - - Ghana(Locality not available.) Click here to show the literature
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Vopa - Albanian Albania Click here to show the literature
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Bougah - Arabic Libya Click here to show the literature
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Ghoubbous' - Arabic Lebanon Click here to show the literature
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Mouza - Arabic Egypt Click here to show the literature
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ﻪﻗﻮﺑ - Arabic Libya Click here to show the literature
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Boga - Catalan Spain(Catalunya) Click here to show the literature
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Boca - Creole, Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Boga ou Carapau - Creole, Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Bonga - Creole, Portuguese São Tomé Island Click here to show the literature
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Buba - Croatian Croatia
Bukva - Croatian Croatia
Okseøjefisk - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Bokvis - Dutch Netherlands Click here to show the literature
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Bogue - English - Click here to show the literature
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Bogue - English Spain Click here to show the literature
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Bogue - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Bogue - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Bream - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Afinכε - Ewe Togo Click here to show the literature
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Boga - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Finouinblè - Fon GBE Benin Click here to show the literature
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Bogue - French France Click here to show the literature
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Bogue - French Mauritania Click here to show the literature
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Bogue - French Togo Click here to show the literature
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Gelbstrieme - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Gelbstriemen - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Bacello - Italian Italy(Genova.) Click here to show the literature
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Balajola - Italian Italy(Catania.) Click here to show the literature
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Boba - Italian Italy(Rimini and Venezia (Ref. 26335).) Click here to show the literature
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Bobba - Italian Italy(Pescara and Trieste.) Click here to show the literature
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Boga - Italian Italy(Cagliari, Livorno, Olbia, Rimini, and Savona Ref. ) Click here to show the literature
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Buga - Italian Italy(Genova, La Spezia, Olbia.) Click here to show the literature
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Bughe - Italian Italy(La Spezia.) Click here to show the literature
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Opá - Italian Italy(Gallipoli, Messina, Reggio Calabria, and Trapani.) Click here to show the literature
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Opa de mazza - Italian Italy(Gallipoli.) Click here to show the literature
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Oparedda - Italian Italy(Messina.) Click here to show the literature
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Opareddu - Italian Italy(Gallipoli.) Click here to show the literature
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Papaja - Italian Italy(Messina.) Click here to show the literature
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Pignetti - Italian Italy(La Spezia.) Click here to show the literature
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Uopa - Italian Italy(Reggio Calabria, Catania, Messina, and Palermo.) Click here to show the literature
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Vop - Italian Italy(Bari.) Click here to show the literature
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Vopa - Italian Italy(Brindisi, Napoli, Roma, Crotone, and Taranto.) Click here to show the literature
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Vuopa - Italian Italy(Catania and Siracusa.) Click here to show the literature
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Vuopa de portu - Italian Italy(Taranto.) Click here to show the literature
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Vopa - Maltese Malta Click here to show the literature
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牛眼鯛 Niou yan diao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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牛眼鲷 Niu yan diao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Gopa - Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Βώπα Vopa Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Βώτα Vota Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Γιαλίτης Gialitis Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Γόπα Gopa Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Γούπα Goupa Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Okseøyefisk - Norwegian Norway Click here to show the literature
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Bops - Polish Poland Click here to show the literature
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Boga - Portuguese - Click here to show the literature
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Boga - Portuguese Angola Click here to show the literature
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Boga - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Boga do mar - Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Boga-do-mar - Portuguese Angola Click here to show the literature
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Boga-do-mar - Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Boga-do-mar - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Boga-legítima - Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Boga-pintada - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Gupa - Romanian Romania Click here to show the literature
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Hupa - Romanian Romania Click here to show the literature
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Bol'sheglazyi boops - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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Bops - Russian Ukraine Click here to show the literature
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боопс большеглазый - Russian - Click here to show the literature
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боопс большеглазый - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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Bukva - Serbian Serbia and Montenegro Click here to show the literature
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Bukva - Slovenian Slovenia Click here to show the literature
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Boga - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Oxögonfisk - Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature
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Altınkuşak balığı - Turkish Turkey Click here to show the literature
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Kupes - Turkish Turkey Click here to show the literature
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Kupez balığı - Turkish Turkey Click here to show the literature
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Lopa - Turkish Turkey Click here to show the literature
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Lopa balığı - Turkish Turkey 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 Boops FishBase
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Norway to Angola, including the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, and the Sao Tome-Principe Islands. Common from Bay of Biscay to Gibraltar (Ref. 4781). Also found in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
Lifezones: 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=203
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd9f0817-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401