sea bream

Pink-scaled ocean fish

Sea bream is any of various marine fish with deep, compressed bodies, found in temperate and tropical waters.

The term covers multiple species across different families, prized as food fish in Mediterranean, Asian, and European cuisines: grilled sea bream with lemon, The restaurant's sea bream was perfectly flaky.

biology

fins

Swimming appendages

spawning · omnivore · coastal · reef · estuarine · temperate · tropical · shoal · porgy · snapper

culinary

grilled

Cooked on metal bars

sashimi · ceviche · poached · steamed · marinated · seasoned · lemon butter · garlic · olive oil · carpaccio

fishing

angling

Recreational hook-and-line pursuit

bottom fishing · surf casting · charter boat · sportfish · hook · line · commercial · trawler · net · aquaculture

appearance

silvery

Pale metallic sheen

compressed · metallic sheen · dark bands

Categories
Opposites
water habitat

sea breamfreshwater fish

Species from unsalted waters

trout · carp · catfish · tilapia · river fish

culinary category

sea breamshellfish

Aquatic creatures with exoskeletons

lobster · shrimp · crab · clam · oyster

Family

seabream

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G