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Boops boops (/ˈboʊ.ɒps/; from Ancient Greek βόωψ, literally 'cow-eye'), commonly called the bogue, is a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic.[2] Its common name in most languages refers to its large ("bug") eyes.^{[citation needed]}

Boops boops
School off the coast of Greece
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Sparidae
Genus:	Boops
Species:	B. boops
Binomial name
Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Boops canariensis Valenciennes, 1839 Box boops (Linnaeus, 1758) Box vulgaris Valenciennes 1830 Sparus boops Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution and habitat

The species is found off the coasts of Europe, Africa, the Azores and the Canary Islands, from Norway to Angola, and in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. It avoids brackish waters such as the Baltic Sea. A demersal and semi-pelagic feeder, it can generally be found at a depth of 100 m (330 ft), and infrequently down to 350 m (1,150 ft).

Ecology

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It consumes seaweed, crustaceans, and some plankton, in schools that rise to the surface at night. Individuals can reach 36 cm (14 in), but average 20 cm (7.9 in). Sex determination in the bogue is unclear. It has variously been described as a rudimentary intersex organism, with a few intersex individuals, or a protogynous intersex, with individuals starting out life as females, and some becoming male later on.

Human use

The species is commercially fished, with 37,830 tonnes taken in 2008.[2] It is marketed in sizes from Small (1/2, 2/3), Medium (2/4, 3/5, 4/6), Large (4/8, 4/7, 5/7, 5/8). Sizes are not standardized, but the mentioned sizes are often used in commercial transactions. When cleaned and pan fried, broiled or baked fresh, they are good tasting, but when stored their gut flora soon spread unpleasant flavors to their flesh.[3] Much of the catch is used for fishmeal or tuna fishing bait.

Parasites

The bogue is host to a wide variety of parasites, ranging from metazoans such as monogenean flatworms (e.g. Microcotyle isyebi[4] and Cyclocotyla bellones) acanthocephalan spiny-headed worms, nematode roundworms, isopod and copepod crustaceans and myxozoan cnidarians to the unicellular dinoflagellate Ichthyodinium chabelardi, a parasite lethal to eggs developing in ovaries. At least 67 metazoan parasite species have been reported from the species.[5] In the aftermath of the 2002 Prestige oil spill, the community of parasitic species inhabiting bogue caught off the coast of Spain was noticeably altered.[6]

References

External links

• Photos of Boops boops on Sealife Collection

На других языках

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- [en] Boops boops

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[es] Boops boops

La boga (Boops boops) es una especie de pez de la familia Sparidae en el orden de los Perciformes.

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[ru] Бопс (рыба)

Бопс[1], или полосатик[1], или большеглазый боопс[2] (лат. Boops boops) — морская рыба семейства спаровых.

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