Centracanthus cirrus was first formally described in 1810 by the French naturalist and polymath Meer weergeven

Centracanthus cirrus has the specific name cirrus, this is a latinisation of the local name for this species in Sicily, cirrú. Meer weergeven

Centracanthus cirrus has a strongly protrusible mouth and elongate body which is shallower than the length of the head and with a standard length which is 5 to 5.6 times its depth. There is a wide incision in the mid… Meer weergeven

Centracanthus cirrus is found in the temperate western Atlantic Ocean as far north as Portugal and south to the Canary Islands, into the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. C. cirrus has also been reported fro… Meer weergeven

Centracanthus cirrus us a schooling fish, the schools move coastwards in spring and summer to spawn. It feeds on zooplankton and small fishes. Meer weergeven

Centracanthus cirrus is regarded as a commercially important species, but it is moderately abundant in some areas. Fishers use trammel nets and bottom trawls to catch this species and is the fish landed are … Meer weergeven