Author: (Linnaeus, 1758)
FBname: Picarel
Remark: Placement in Sparidae from Centracanthidae from Santini <i>et al.</i> (2014:Ref. 95347).  Suggestion already made in Garrido-Ramos et al. 1995;
  Hanel & Sturmbauer 2000; Summerer et al. 2001;
  Orrell et al. 2002; Orrell & Carpenter 2004; Chiba
  et al. 2009; Hanel & Tsigenopoulos 2011.
Comments: Depth range from 15-170 m but up to depth of 328 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504).  Inhabit <i>Posidonia</i> beds and muddy bottoms.  Occur in schools except during breeding (Ref. 7081).