Black seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus). Norsk: Havkaruss.
No official record yet
Villmarksliv's official list of Norwegian sport-fishing records has no record for Black seabream yet. The first registered fish that meets the rules becomes the record.
About Black seabream
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The black seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus) is a sea bream that visits the Norwegian coast in summer and autumn. It has an oval, fairly deep body flattened from the sides. The colour is silvery grey, darker on the back, often with faint dark vertical bars and thin golden lines. Most fish are around 30 cm and seldom over 1 kg, though the maximum is about 60 cm. The species occurs in the eastern Atlantic from Scandinavia to Namibia, in the Mediterranean and in the Black Sea. In Norway it turns up fairly regularly up to Trøndelag. Black seabream school over seagrass, rock and sand at about 5 to 300 m and are omnivorous, eating algae and bottom animals, especially crustaceans. In spring the male digs a shallow pit in sand or gravel where the female lays her eggs, and he guards them until they hatch. Anglers occasionally take it on small baited hooks. Norwegian Red List 2021: Not Applicable (NA).
Sources: Artsdatabanken, Store norske leksikon, Wikipedia
- Habitat: Saltvann
- Red list status: NA (2021)
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Log your catchHow to register a Norwegian record
- 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).