Common Sar

The common sar ( Diplodus sargus ) is a fish of sea or brackish water which one meets in Atlantique, of the Brittany until the Senegal, like in the Mediterranean.

Usual name

Sar, sargue, mouré punchu, sargou, saragou, mouchon, asparaillou, barade.

Description

  • Size: 25 - 30 cm maximum 45 cm

  • Weight: 2 - 2,5 kg

The sar is distinguished from the sparaillon ( Diplodus annularis ) by the number of scales of its side line. More than 60 at the sar and less than 55 for the sparaillon.

Habitat

One finds it on all the continental shelf with depths comprisent between 1 and 30 meters (ripraps and herbaria). It is also acclimatized out of brackish water (the summer when water is not too cold).

Reproduction

The sar is hermaphrodite, he is born male then is transformed into female. The spawning time takes place from April at June (June at September for let us sparaillons).

Food mode

The sar is nourished:

  • moulds;
  • sea urchins;
  • piades;
  • shrimps;
  • small fish;
  • cephalopods (small squids, cuttlefish…).

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