orada | gilthead seabream

Gilthead seabream The gilthead seabream has large and robust head with developed jaws and big lips. The upper jaw is slightly protruded over the lower. Its oval body is solid built, pressed on the side. The color on the upper body is blue-greenish-grayand sideways are silver, with longitudinal brown stripes. The lower part of the body is silver white. The upper part of the gill hole is golden spot, and the upper angle of the gill opening is covered by a dark violet stain. Eyes are connected with a pale bridge. In the Adriatic sea gilthead seabream spawns in December and partly in January, on the sandy terrain. Gilthead is intersex. In the first period of maturity it is male, and as soon as he gets weight of 0.50 to 0.60 kg, it turns into a female and so remains until the end of its life. It grows to 60 cm in length and weighs up to 10 kg. Its habitat is sandy gravel bottoms. It prefers a depth of 5 to 10 feet and doesn't dive deeper than 50 meters. In the winter it retreats away from the coast into deep water because it is sensitive to cold. It feeds on cephalopods, crustaceans etc.

Orada, komarča Ističe se velikom i robusnom glavom s razvijenim čeljustima i krupnim usnama. Gornja vilica je malo isturena nad donjom. Tijelo joj je čvrste građe ovalnog oblika a u boku je stisnuta. Boje je na gornjem dijelu tijela modrikastozelenkastosive, a postrance je sivosrebrnaste boje, s uzdužnim smeđim ili smeđezelenkastim prugama. Donji dio tijela je srebrnastobijel. Na gornjem dijelu škržnog otvora nalazi se živozlatna do narančasta mrlja, a gornji kut škržnih otvora obuhvaćen je ljubičastocrnom mrljom. Između očiju je svijetlozlatni most. U Jadranu se mrijest komarča odvija u prosincu i djelomice u siječnju, na pješčanim terenima. Komarča je dvospolac. U prvom razdoblju spolne zrelosti je mužjak, a čim pređe težinu od 0,50 do 0,60 kg, pretvara se u ženku i tako ostaje do kraja života. Naraste do 60 cm u duljinu a dostigne težinu do 10 kg. Prava su joj staništa pjeskovita i šljunkovita dna. Preferira dubine od 5 do 10 metara, dublje od 50 metara se ne spušta. Zimi se udaljuje od obale i povlači se u duboku vodu jer je osjetljiva na hladnoću.Hrani se i glavonošcima, racima i sl.

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