Gilt-head bream
Scientific name: Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758
Overview
The gilt-head bream, also known as the gilthead, dourade, gilt-head seabream, European seabream or silver seabream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, the seabreams or porgies. This fish is found in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. It is a highly esteemed food fish and an important species in aquaculture.
From the Wikipedia article “Gilt-head bream”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Least concern on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Where it lives
Common names
Also known in English as Gilt-head Seabream, gilthead, gilthead seabream, Silver Seabream, Snapper.
Names in other languages (10)
- Arabic
- دنيس
- Chinese
- 金頭鯛
- French
- Daurade, daurade royale, Dorade, dorade royale
- German
- Goldbrasse, Goldbrassen
- Japanese
- ヨーロッパヘダイ
- Persian
- دنیس (ماهی)
- Portuguese
- dourada
- Russian
- Золотистый спар
- Spanish
- Chaparreta, dorada, Dorada Del Pacífico, Dourada, Zapata Morisca
- Turkish
- cipura, Çipura
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: FishBase.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q237046, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Gilt-head bream”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
- Range map — Miguelsierra, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026