Spicara maena (spotted snout bream)
Spicara maena (spotted snout bream)
Tribe: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Subclass: | Teleostei |
| Subcohort: | Acanthopterygii |
Habitat: | Over sandy, soft and hard bottoms and seagrass beds, shallow water up to about 170 m |
Size: | Up to 25 cm |
Behaviour: | Occasionally occurs in large schools, animals become sexually mature as females and function as males later in life. Two different colourations: silvery grey-blue, with a large black spot in the middle of the body below the lateral line or greenish with light horizontal stripes. |
