WoRMS taxon details

Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758

151523 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151523)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Eupercaria incertae sedis (Order)
  11. Sparidae (Family)
  12. Sparus (Genus)
  13. Sparus aurata (Species)
accepted
Species
Sparus Linnaeus, 1758
Sparus Linnaeus, 1758
Chrysophrys aurata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Chrysophrys aurathus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination (also subsequent misspelling of...)  
also subsequent misspelling of the specific epithet
Chrysophrys auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination (also subsequent misspelling of...)  
also subsequent misspelling of the specific epithet
Pagrus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Sparus auratus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 227 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

(of Sparus auratus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151523 on 2026-08-24
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2005-04-06 10:22:32Z
created
Claus, Simon
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 227 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Chrysophrys crassirostris Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details] 

original description (of Sparus auratus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

Ecology

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. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

context source (WoRCS) Kovačić, M.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Patzner, R. A. (2024). Fishes in Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 9(6): 243., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/9/6/243 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]

Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Genetic impacts: hybridisation and introgression [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Aquaculture [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
Albanian ullorjaspari kokëpraruarkocja  [details]
Basque urraburu  [details]
Catalan oradamoixarradaurada  [details]
Corsican palmatadorata  [details]
Danish guldbrasen [from synonym]  [details]
Dutch goudbrasem  [details]
English gilthead seabreamgilt-head breamgilthead  [details]
French dorade royaledaurade royale  [details]
Galician dourada  [details]
German GoldbrassenGoldbrasse  [details]
Hebrew ספרוס זהוב  [details]
Italian orata  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Τσιπούρα  [details]
Polish dorada  [details]
Portuguese dourada  [details]
Romanian doradă  [details]
Russian Золотистый спар  [details]
Slovenian zlatobrov  [details]
Spanish dorada  [details]
Swedish guldsparid  [details]
Turkish cipura  [details]
Ukrainian Спар золотистий  [details]
Welsh merfog eurben  [details]
To Barcode of Life (211 barcodes) 
To Barcode of Life (57 barcodes) (from synonym Chrysophrys auratus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (148 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Chrysophrys crassirostris Valenciennes, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (203 publications) (from synonym Chrysophrys aurata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Chrysophrys auratus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Pagrus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Aurata aurata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) (from synonym Sparus auratus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pagrus auratus) (from synonym Pagrus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sparus aurata) 
To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets 
To FAO Species fact sheets 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Sparus auratus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysophrys auratus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysophrys crassirostris Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Pagrus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Aurata aurata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysophrys aurata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysophrys aurathus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Fishipedia 
To GenBank (275757 nucleotides; 54496 proteins) 
To GenBank (275757 nucleotides; 54496 proteins) (from synonym Sparus auratus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (275757 nucleotides; 54496 proteins) (from synonym Aurata aurata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Pagrus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Pagrus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Aurata aurata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Sparus auratus Linnaeus, 1758)
To ITIS
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