White seabream
Diplodus sargus
- Usual depth20 m
- Water temperature19–23 °C
- Best monthsJune
- How commonCommon
Photo credit: (c) Roberto Pillon, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Diplodus sargus, the sargo, common white seabream, or white seabream is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. This fish is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea. It is a target species for commercial fisheries and is grown in aquaculture. D. sargus sensu lato was formerly thought to be a widespread species in the eastern Atlantic and western Indian Oceans but the taxa outside of D, sargus sensu stricto are now recognised as valid species and are part of the D. sargus species complex.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 487 records
- February: 334 records
- March: 1,234 records
- April: 1,670 records
- May: 1,390 records
- June: 15,682 records
- July: 5,184 records
- August: 3,834 records
- September: 3,201 records
- October: 3,201 records
- November: 1,139 records
- December: 1,207 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 20 m · Deepest record: 34 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–23 °C
Photos
(c) Thomas Dreux, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Selim Türeli, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
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(c) Thomas Dreux, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Tandoğan ORUZ, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Robert Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
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Names and classification
- English
- White seabream, Blacktail, White Bream, white seabream
Names in 4 more languages
- German
- Geißbrasse
- Spanish
- sargo, sargo morroquí
- French
- Sar commun, Sar commun de Méditerranée, sar commun du Maroc
- Simplified Chinese
- 沙重牙鯛
Other scientific names: Diplodus rondeleti, Diplodus rondeletii, Sargus raucus, Sargus rondeletii, Sargus rondelettii, Sargus vetula, Sparus cinctus, Sparus sargus, Sparus varatulus
Similar species
BlacktailDiplodus capensis
zebraDiplodus hottentotus
Arabian pinfishDiplodus noct
Australian SeabreamAcanthopagrus australis
Santer seabreamCheimerius nufar
Englishman seabreamChrysoblephus anglicus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 29,578 open-data records from 1964 to 2026.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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