Author: (Linnaeus, 1758)
FBname: Blotched picarel
Remark: <i>Spicara flexuosa</i> Rafinesque, 1810 is a valid species (Ref. 124120). Species page to be created.
Comments: Adults are found in the neritic zone, commonly over <i>Posidonia</i> beds and on sand,  muddy and rock bottoms down to about 100 m (Ref. 6518, 124120). They are distributed at depths of 30m to 90m (Ref. 56124).   Feed on zooplankton.  Are protogynous hermaphrodites. A demersal spawner (Ref. 124120).