Boops boops: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Boops boops Boops boops Least concern

Where the boops boops lives – recorded in 8 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 15,114 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bony fish on the world map

Scientific name	Boops boops
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	8 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Spariformes
Family	Sparidae

Where does the boops boops live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the boops boops in 8 countries and territories across Asia and Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the boops boops endangered?

The boops boops’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the boops boops?

The boops boops (Boops boops) is a ray-finned fish in the order Spariformes and the family Sparidae, genus Boops. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the boops boops

Boops boops ( BOH-ops; from Ancient Greek βόωψ, lit. 'ox-eyed'), commonly called the bogue, bogue bream, or boce, is a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Boops boops (revision 1380254602), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q950498 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).