Centracanthus cirrus Curled picarel

Centracanthus cirrus is commonly referred to as Curled picarel. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Stefano Guerrieri, Italien

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Scientific:: Centracanthus cirrus
German:: Schnauzenbrasse
English:: Curled Picarel

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Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Eupercaria incertae sedis (Order) > Sparidae (Family) > Centracanthus (Genus) > cirrus (Species)
Initial determination:: Rafinesque, 1810

Occurrence:: Straße von Gibraltar, West Sahara, Tunesien, the Black Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Albania, Algeria, Azores, Balearic Islands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, France, Greece, Ionian Sea (Mediterranean), Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Lybia, Madeira, Malta, Marmara Sea ( Sea of Marmara), Mauritania, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Portugal, Sardinia, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey
Marine Zone:: Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones.
Sea depth:: 1 - 1000 Meter
Habitats:: Deep-sea mountains, Gravel soil, Muddy grounds, Rocky, hard seabeds, Rubble floors
Size:: up to 13.39" (34 cm)
Temperature:: 8,9 °F - 78.8 °F (8,9°C - 26°C)
Food:: Amphipods, Carnivore, Copepods, Crustaceans, Decapods, Fish (little fishes), Fish eggs, Fish larvae, Krill, Ostracodes (seed shrimps), Worms, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Centracanthus cirrus
Schnauzenbrasse

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2025-11-08 09:04:59
Last edit:: 2025-11-08 15:28:13

Info

Centracanthus cirrus is known to date from the eastern Atlantic and almost the entire Mediterranean Sea. It has now spread through the Sea of Marmara to Koktebel Bay in the south of Crimea in the Black Sea, where fish larvae have been found.
The presence of larvae in this area indicates that this species is reproducing in the Black Sea, confirming its adaptation to new environmental conditions and the expansion of its range in the seas of the Mediterranean region.

This snout bream is a deep-sea schooling fish species that arrives near the coast in summer to spawn.
The sea bream grows quickly and lives for about 5 years. It is caught with nets, and its suitability for aquaculture for human consumption is currently being investigated.

Synonyms:
Centracantus cirrus Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Smaris insidiator Valenciennes, 1830 · unaccepted (synonym)
Smaris royeri Bowdich, 1825 · unaccepted
Smaris royerii Bowdich, 1825 · unaccepted (synonym)
Spicara royeri (Bowdich, 1825) · unaccepted

External links

Age and Growth of the Curled Picarel Centracanthus cirrus Rafinesque, 1810 (Teleostei: Centracanthidae) in northern Cyprus, eastern Mediterranean Sea (en). Abgerufen am 08.11.2025.
First record and new depth range extension of the curled Picarel, Centracanthus cirrus (Sparidae) from the Sea of Marmara, Turkey (en). Abgerufen am 08.11.2025.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (en). Abgerufen am 08.11.2025.
The systematic status of the Mediterranean Spicara species (Centracanthidae) inferred from mitochondrial 16S rDNA sequence and morphological data (en). Abgerufen am 08.11.2025.
The trophic blockage hypothesis is not supported by the diets of fishes on Seine Seamount (en). Abgerufen am 08.11.2025.

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