Author: (Linnaeus, 1758)
FBname: Annular seabream
Comments: Inhabit chiefly <i>Zostera</i> seagrass beds but also found on <i>Posidonia</i> beds and sandy bottoms, rarely on rocky bottoms.  Carnivorous, feed on worms, crustaceans, mollusks, echinoderms and hydrozoans.  The sexes are separated, although these fish are potential hermaphrodites; certain individuals are protandric (Ref. 4781).