Boops boops
Boops boops | |
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School off the coast of Greece | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Spariformes |
Family: | Sparidae |
Genus: | Boops |
Species: | B. boops
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Binomial name | |
Boops boops | |
Synonyms | |
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Boops boops (
Taxonomy
In the fourth century BCE, Boops boops was documented by
Distribution and habitat
The species is found off the coasts of Europe, Africa, the Azores and the Canary Islands, from Norway to Angola, and in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. It avoids brackish waters such as the Baltic Sea. A
Ecology
It consumes seaweed, crustaceans, and some plankton, in schools that rise to the surface at night. Individuals can reach 36 cm (14 in), but average 20 cm (7.9 in).
Human use
The species is commercially fished, with 37,830 tonnes taken in 2008.[2] European Commission standards include three size categories for Boops boops, from size 3, which is between 32 and 70 fish per kilogram, to size 1, which is no more than 5 fish per kilogram.[8]
When cleaned and pan fried, broiled or baked fresh, they are good tasting, but when stored their gut flora soon spread unpleasant flavors to their flesh.
Their shelf life is limited, as when stored at freezing (0 °C) for a week, or slightly above freezing for 2 to 4 days, the taste after cooking becomes of "unacceptable quality".[9] Much of the catch is used for fishmeal or tuna fishing bait.[citation needed] Boops boops has been used as an indicator of microplastic pollution in the Mediterranean sea.[10][11]
Parasites
The bogue is host to a wide variety of
References
- . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Boops boops". Fisheries Global Information System. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth (1910). A History of Animals. Clarendon Press.
- ISBN 0-415-23259-7.
- ^ "LacusCurtius: Athenaeus — Deipnosophistae". penelope.uchicago.edu. p. 289. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
- ^ "CAS - Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes". researcharchive.calacademy.org. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Boops boops" in FishBase. 7 2023 version.
- ^ "Commercial designations: Boops boops". European Commission.
- PMID 9925603.
- ISSN 0269-7491.
- ISSN 0025-326X.
- S2CID 85528221.
- S2CID 25844447.
- PMID 17118407.
External links
- Photos of Boops boops on Sealife Collection