Pagrus auriga is a significant component of the Canarian archipelago coastal marine ecosystem. Although it is an important target species of the artisanal fishery and the aquaculture, little is known on the life history or population dynamics of this

Red-banded seabream Pagrus auriga (N = 615) were caught off the Canary Islands from January 2003 to December 2004. Total length ranged from 120 to 780 mm. The species was characterized by protogynous hermaphroditism. The male :female ratio was in

The first records of the redbanded seabream, Pagrus auriga Valenciennes, 1843 (Sparidae), and the bastard grunt, Pomadasys incisus (Bowdich, 1825) (Haemulidae), from Galician waters (NW Spain) are reported herewith. Both findings constitute the northernmost

Hybrids are of great interest in aquaculture. In the present study, we report for the first time an interespecific hybrid between common seabream Pagrus pagrus (L., 1758) females and red banded seabream Pagrus auriga (Valenciennes, 1843) males, which

The larval ontogeny of redbanded seabream Pagrus auriga was studied histologically and histochemically from 0 until 30 days after hatching (DAH). According to the source of food and the structural changes in the digestive tract, larval development