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White seabream, sargo White seabream is ovale and flat fish with a strong jaw and thick lips. It is very similar to Sharpsnout seabream. They both have a similar body shape and more straight black body stripes so they are quite difficult to differentiate. It is much easier to distinguish them by the shape of the head and jaw. White seabream has a properly formed head while Sharpsnout seabream has an elongated jaw with teeth visibly sticking out. They also distinguish by color; White seabream is brownish dark grey which on the underside of the body becomes white silver with somewhat golden additions. Some are known to have thin brown horizontal stripes alongside the body. It grows to 47 cm in length and can reach a weight of 2.5 kg. It feeds on seabed food of animal origin, preferring shrimps, gastropods, bivalves, which it can crush with its strong jaws. It can also crush and eat sea urchins. It can be found everywhere along the Adriatic coast. It basically keeps itself on rocky seabed and shores where it can hide itself in the cracks and holes. White seabream can dive 100 meters deep. Adult specimens are closer to deeper seabed while younger swim in shallower inshore seabed. Immature specimens gather themselves in large flocks, while the larger, adult seabreams move in small groups or individually. It spawns in spring time.

Sarag, šarag Jajolikog je oblika, spljoštenog tijela. Ima jaku čeljust s odebljanim usnicama. Jako je sličan picu. I šarag i pic imaju sličan oblik tijela i oba imaju više uspravnih crnkastih pruga po tijelu pa ih se dosta teško razlikuje. Dosta ih je lakše razlikovati po obliku glave i čeljusti. Šarag ima pravilno formiranu glavu dok pic ima izduženu čeljust s vidljivo isturenim zubima. Razlikuju se i po boji. Šarag je smeđastotamnosive boje koja na donjoj strani tijela prelazi u bijelo do sivosrebrnkastu boju s ponešto zlatastim primjesama. Po tijelu zna imati tanke vodoravne smeđaste pruge. Naraste do 47 cm u duljinu i može postići težinu od 2,5 kg. Hrani se pridnenom hranom životinjskog porijekla, preferira račiće, puževe, školjkaše koje drobi svojim jakim čeljustima. Poput komarče može zdrobiti i pojesti morskog ježa. Nalazimo ga posvuda uz jadransku obalu. Uglavnom se drži kamenitog dna i stjenovite obale gdje se skriva u procijepima i rupama. Zalazi do 100 metara u dubinu. Odrasli primjerci se drže dubljeg dna dok mlađi borave i u plićem priobalnom dnu. Nedorasli primjerci se okupljaju u veća jata dok se veći, odrasli sargii kreću u manjim skupinama ili pojedinačno. Mrijesti se u proljeće.

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Sarag, šarag