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 sargus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

*Diplodus sargus sargus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym; alternate representation
*Sparus sargus*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: sargu i bardhë; sargu i zakonshëm 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 handi

Breton: sar boutin

Catalan: sarg sources: Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural.

Croatian: šarag

Danish: sorthale sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: witte zeebrasem; zilveren zeebrasem sources: Gallagher, L.; Porteiro, F.; Dâmaso, C. (2006). Guia do consumidor dos peixes Açoreanos [Consumer's guide to Azorean fish]. Universidade dos Açores: Açores. ISBN 972-8612-27-3. 51, pictures pp.;Davidson, A. (2003). Mediterranean fish cookbook [Mediterraan viskookboek]. Pereboom: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-77455-10-8. 436 pp.

English: white seabream sources: Gallagher, L.; Porteiro, F.; Dâmaso, C. (2006). Guia do consumidor dos peixes Açoreanos [Consumer's guide to Azorean fish]. Universidade dos Açores: Açores. ISBN 972-8612-27-3. 51, pictures pp.

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

French: sar commun du Maroc sources: Gallagher, L.; Porteiro, F.; Dâmaso, C. (2006). Guia do consumidor dos peixes Açoreanos [Consumer's guide to Azorean fish]. Universidade dos Açores: Açores. ISBN 972-8612-27-3. 51, pictures pp.

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

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

Italian: sarago; sarago maggiore sources: Gallagher, L.; Porteiro, F.; Dâmaso, C. (2006). Guia do consumidor dos peixes Açoreanos [Consumer's guide to Azorean fish]. Universidade dos Açores: Açores. ISBN 972-8612-27-3. 51, pictures pp.;Davidson, A. (2003). Mediterranean fish cookbook [Mediterraan viskookboek]. Pereboom: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-77455-10-8. 436 pp.

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

Polish: sargus

Portuguese: sargo sources: Gallagher, L.; Porteiro, F.; Dâmaso, C. (2006). Guia do consumidor dos peixes Açoreanos [Consumer's guide to Azorean fish]. Universidade dos Açores: Açores. ISBN 972-8612-27-3. 51, pictures pp.

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

Russian: Морской карась полосатый sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

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

Slovenian: šarg

Spanish, Castillian: sargo; sargo morroquí sources: Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural.;Gallagher, L.; Porteiro, F.; Dâmaso, C. (2006). Guia do consumidor dos peixes Açoreanos [Consumer's guide to Azorean fish]. Universidade dos Açores: Açores. ISBN 972-8612-27-3. 51, pictures pp.

Swedish: svartstjärtad havsruda

Turkish: sargoz sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Морський карась білий

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).
additional source	Kalk, M. (1958). Ecological studies on the shore of Moçambique. I. The fauna of intertidal rocks at Inhaca Island, Delagoa Bay. Annals of the Natal Museum. 14(2): 189-242.
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
FishBase images (Diplodus sargus, France, by Patzner, R.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:127053