Author: (Linnaeus, 1758)
FBname: White seabream
Remark: This subspecies is reported to have no genetic difference between the subspecies <i>Diplodus sargus cadenati</i>.  See V.S. Domingues et al.  2007.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 346 (2007):102-113 (F. M. Porteiro, pers.comm. 02/08).  Presence in Canary Is. to be reviewed since <i>D. bellottii and D. cadenati</i> are recognized as valid species, not any more as subspecies of <i>D. sargus</i>.
Comments: Inhabits coastal rocky reef areas (Ref. 12460) and <i>Posidonia oceanica</i> beds.  Like other sparids, it is very active and frequents the surf zone, primarily at dawn (Ref. 13780).  Feeds on shellfish and other benthic invertebrates which it picks from the sediment (Ref. 5377).