Cipura

Sparus aurata

Body oval, rather deep and compressed. Head profile regularly curved. Eye small. Mouth low, very slightly oblique. Lips thick. Four to 6 canine-like teeth anteriorly in each jaw, followed posteriorly by blunter teeth which become progresively molar-like and are arranged in 2 to 4 rows (teeth in the 2 outer rows stronger). Total gill rakers on first arch short, 11 to 13, 7 or 8 lower and 5 (rarely 4) to 6 upper. Dorsal fin with 11 spines and 13 to 14 soft rays. Anal with 3 spines and 11 or 12 soft rays. Cheeks scaly, preopercle scaleless. Scales along lateral line 73 to 85. Colour silvery grey; a large black blotch at origien of lateral line extending on upper margin of opercle where it is edged below by a reddish area; a golden frontal band between eyes edged by two dark areas (not well defined in young individuals); dark longitudinal lines often present on sides of body; a dark band on dorsal fin; fork and tips of caudal fin edged with black.

ALBANIA : Koce .
ALGERIA : Aura .
DENMARK : Guldbraxen .
EGYPT : Denis .
FINLAND : Kultaotsa-ahven .
FRANCE : Daurade , Dorade , Dorade royal .
GERMANY : Goldbrasse .
ITALY : Orata .
LEBANON : Ajâj .
MALTA : Orata .
MAURITANIA : Daurade royale , N'tad , Zapata morisca .
NETHERLANDS : Goud brasem .
NEW ZEALAND : Snapper , Tamure .
POLAND : Dorada .
PORTUGAL : Dourada , Douradinha , Safata .
ROMANIA : Dorada .
SPAIN : Chaparreta , Daurada , Dorada , Dourada , Orada .
SWEDEN : Guldbrasse .
TUNISIA : Gerraf .
TURKEY : Cipura .
UNITED KINGDOM : Gilt-head .
YUGOSLAVIA : Komarca , Ovrata .
UNITED KINGDOM : Gilthead , Gilthead seabream .
UNITED STATES : Gilt head bream , Gilthead bream .