Boops boops

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Bogue
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Boops boops in a bucket
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B. boops
Binomial name
Boops boops
Synonyms

Boops canariensis Valenciennes, 1839
Box boops Linnaeus, 1758
Box vulgaris Valenciennes 1830
Sparus boops Linnaeus, 1758

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Boops boops (/ˈb.ɒps/; Greek: βόωψ boōps, literally "cow-eye"), also called the bogue, is a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic.[1] Its common name in all languages refers to its large ("bug") eyes. It 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. The species avoids brackish waters such as the Baltic Sea. A demersal and semi-pelagic feeder, it can generally be found down to 100 m, and infrequently down to 350 m. It consumes seaweed, crustaceans, and some plankton, in schools that rise to the surface at night. Individuals can reach 36 cm, but average 20 cm.

Sex determination in Boops boops is unclear. It has variously been described as a rudimentary intersex organism, with a few intersex individuals, or a protogynic intersex, with individuals starting out life as females, and some becoming male later on.

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Boops boops for sale in Turkey

It is commercially fished, with 37,830 t taken in 2008.[1] 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.[2] Much of the catch is used for fishmeal or tuna fishing bait.

Parasites

Bogue are host to a wide variety of parasites, ranging from metazoans such as Digenean flatworms, Acanthocephalan spiny-headed worms, nematode roundworms, isopod and copepod crustaceans and Myxozoan cnidarians to the unicellular dinoflagellate Ichthyodinium chabelardi, a parasite that is lethal to eggs developing in ovaries. At least 67 metazoan parasite species have been reported from Boops boops, and their community structures are well studied by scientists.[3] For example, in the aftermath of the 2002 Prestige oil spill the community of parasitic species inhabiting bogue caught off the coast of Spain was found to be noticeably altered.[4]

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External links

  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Boops boops" in FishBase. November 2010 version.
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