Sciaena umbra Brown meagre

Sciaena umbra is commonly referred to as Brown meagre. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

4564 

AphiaID:

127010 

Scientific:

Sciaena umbra 

German:

Meerrabe 

English:

Brown Meagre 

Category:

Croaker  

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sciaenidae (Family) > Sciaena (Genus) > umbra (Species) 

Initial determination:

Linnaeus, 1758 

Occurrence:

West Sahara, Straße von Gibraltar, Russland, Tunesien, the Black Sea, Albania, Algeria, Bay of Biscay, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Chanal Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, France, Georgia, Greece, Israel, Lebanon, Lybia, Madeira, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Northern Africa, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Senegal, Slovenia, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey, Ukraine, West Africa 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 200 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Coral reefs, Estuaries (river mouths), Rocky reefs, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Sandy sea floors, Underwater caves, Underwater caverns 

Size:

11.02" - 27.56" (28cm - 70cm) 

Temperature:

55.04 °F - 67.28 °F (12.8°C - 19.6°C) 

Food:

Crabs, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Mysis, Schrimps 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Near threatened (NT) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Sciaena callaensis
• Sciaena deliciosa
• 
  Sciaena umbra
  Meerrabe
• Sciaena wieneri

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-08-25 12:54:38 

Last edit:

2025-09-01 23:28:05 

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