Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Eupercaria incertae sedis > Family Sparidae > Genus Diplodus

Diplodus cervinus (Lowe, 1838)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Diplodus*	Rafinesque, 1810	accepted genus name
*Charax*	Risso, 1827	junior homonym
*Sargus*	Cuvier, 1816	synonym

Species group names

*Charax cervinus*	Lowe, 1838	synonym
*Diplodus cervinus cervinus*	(Lowe, 1838)	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: sargu buzëmadh; sargu zebër sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Basque: muxar ezpainlodi

Catalan: sard reial; sarg imperial sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.;Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural.

English: zebra seabream sources: Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural.

French: sar à grosses levres; sar tambour sources: Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural.

Greek: Ζεβρόσπαρος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: סרגוס הפסים sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: sarago faraone; sargo faraone sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Maltese: sargu imperjali; sargu skur sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Polish: zebryl

Portuguese: sargo veado sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Romanian: sparos zebrat sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Spanish, Castillian: sargo breado

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Diplodus cervinus (Lowe, 1838). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127051