Identification
A medium-sized seabream of 15 to 30 cm with a silvery-pink body. Characteristic dark spot in the pectoral fin axil. Oval, laterally compressed body.
Ecology
Lives on sand and mud bottoms near rocks at 15 to 200 meters. A warm-water species from the Mediterranean and southern Atlantic coast.
In the Netherlands
Very rare in the North Sea. Occasional warm-water vagrant.
