Biology:Common pandora
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Spariformes |
| Family: | Sparidae |
| Genus: | Pagellus |
| Species: | P. erythrinus
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| Pagellus erythrinus | |
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| Distribution of Pagellus erythrinus | |
The common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus) is a fish of the sea bream family, Sparidae. It is a popular food fish in Mediterranean countries, with delicate white flesh.
It has a slim, oval fusiform body, with a smallish mouth and scales covering its face. The eyes are smaller than those of Pagellus bogaraveo and Pagellus acarne. It is silver in colour with a pink tinge, particularly on its back. A typical specimen measures 10–30 cm, but it can reach as much as 50 cm in length.
The common pandora is a protogynous sequential hermaphrodite, spending the first two years of its life as a female, and the third year as a male. It is omnivorous, but mainly feeds on smaller fish and benthic invertebrates. As most fishes, the common pandora harbours a variety of parasites; for example, the nematode Philometra filiformis is a parasite of the ovary of this fish.[2]
Distribution
The fish is found along the eastern shores of the Atlantic Ocean, from Scandinavia to Cape Verde, as well as the Mediterranean and the North Sea. In terms of genetic diversity, there appears to be a high level of connectivity from the Atlantic through the Mediterranean.[3]
References
- ↑ Russell, B. (2014). "Pagellus erythrinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T170224A1296530. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T170224A1296530.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/170224/1296530. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ Moravec, František; Ghanmi, Nessrine; Chaabane, Amira; Gargouri, Lamia; Justine, Jean-Lou (2017). "Redescription of Philometra filiformis (Stossich, 1896) (Nematoda: Philometridae), a gonad-infecting parasite of the common pandora Pagellus erythrinus (Linnaeus) (Sparidae) in the Mediterranean Sea, including new taxonomic features revealed by SEM". Systematic Parasitology 94 (9): 979–987. doi:10.1007/s11230-017-9758-9. PMID 29027088.
- ↑ Angiulli, Elisa (2016). "Phylogeography of the common pandora Pagellus erythrinus in the central Mediterranean Sea: sympatric mitochondrial lineages and genetic homogeneity". Marine Biology Research 12: 4–15. doi:10.1080/17451000.2015.1069355.
- "Pagellus erythrinus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=169215. Retrieved 1 March 2007.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Pagellus erythrinus" in FishBase. March 2007 version.
External links
- Photos of Common pandora on Sealife Collection
Wikidata ☰ Q1156691 entry
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