Blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo). Norsk: Flekkpagell.
No official record yet
Villmarksliv's official list of Norwegian sport-fishing records has no record for Blackspot seabream yet. The first registered fish that meets the rules becomes the record.
About Blackspot seabream
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The blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo) is a deep-bodied sea bream with a rounded snout and large eyes. The back and fins are reddish, the flanks silvery pink, and a dark spot just above the pectoral fin base is the easiest way to recognise it. Most are around 30 cm, but it can reach about 70 cm and 4 kg. Its home range is the eastern Atlantic from Mauritania and the Canaries to the Bay of Biscay, plus the western Mediterranean; in Norway it is a rare stray, occasionally recorded as far north as Nordland. Young fish stay close to the coast, while adults shoal over the continental slope down to several hundred metres. It eats crustaceans, molluscs, small fish and echinoderms. The species is a valued food fish in southern Europe, where overfishing has cut stocks, and the IUCN lists it as Near Threatened (NT). In Norway it is Not Applicable (NA) on the Norwegian Red List 2021.
Sources: Artsdatabanken, Store norske leksikon, Wikipedia
- Habitat: Saltvann
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- Norwegian sport-fishing records are registered with Villmarksliv, not with FishComp. Read the rules before you do anything else with the fish.
- Records are based on weight and approved by a jury. You give the weight and length, where it was caught, the gear you used and any witnesses.
- Keep your photos and notes from the catch. Logging it in FishComp does not register a record.
Source: Villmarksliv's official Norwegian records (klikk.no).