Author: (Bleeker, 1854)
FBname: Blackhead seabream
Comments: Found in bays, shallow rocky reefs, and in brackish waters (Ref. 41299).  Feeds on mollusks and polychaetes.  Spawns in the spring and summer months (Ref. 41299).  It is parasitised by the monogenean <i>A. spari</i> on the fins and body surface (Ref. 124057).