is certainly among the most popular fish in the surf-casting and often is, for those who approach this discipline for the first time, the first species to be insidious because it is relatively easy to catch and does not require a particularly challenging equipment. It belongs to the family of Sparidae.
Scientific name: Lithognathus mormyrus , Linnaeus 1758
English name: Sand steenbras
Features morphological: body appears oval-shaped, rather elongated and compressed at the sides. The text ends with a pointed snout. The mouth is slightly protrattile and adapted, given its location, the organisms it feeds on living in the sandy sediment. Can exceed the lbs in weight and 40 cm in length.
Colour: Color is silvery white, darker on the back. Presents the characteristics of "lines" (hence the common name in some parts of Rift) dark vertical sides present throughout the body except the head.
Habitat and habits: fish habits generally gregarious, often moved to rooting in the sand banks consisting of several dozen individuals. For its presence is essential to the existence a sandy substrate type, as it is absent only in rocky substrates. However, it is normally present even in areas with rocky bottom but who are close to sandy areas or in waters mixed with sand. It feeds on small invertebrates living in the sediment. He lives by a depth ranging from a few centimeters up to a few tens of meters near the coast. It is a hermaphroditic species widespread in all sandy areas.
Fishing methods nets, fishing line, seine.
Edibility: its meat is tasty, comparable to those of some other Sparidae valuable.
Notes: often takes the bait when the fishing line, even when it is a large specimen has a habit of remaining motionless after meeting resistance to his swimming set by lead and often in fact we realize dell'abboccata only when you decide to recover. For the "fishermen from the beach" the best time of perils and groped for the summer, with calm seas and at night. The bait for this fish is the Queen 'arenicola. Sometimes, especially when it feels threatened, can be bogged down in part.
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