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title: "Spitzbrasse"
description: "Diplodus puntazzo — Fische. Diplodus puntazzo, the sharpsnout seabream, sheephead bream or puntazzo, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/sharpsnout-seabream
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spitzbrasse

> Diplodus puntazzo — Fische. Diplodus puntazzo, the sharpsnout seabream, sheephead bream or puntazzo, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies.

- Scientific name: *Diplodus puntazzo*
- Category: `fish` (Fische)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 3121
- Wikidata: [Q2016604](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2016604)
- iNaturalist taxon: [53696](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53696)

## Names

- en: Sharpsnout Seabream
- de: Spitzbrasse
- es: Sargo picudo
- fr: Sar à museau pointu
- nl: Spitssnuitzeebrasem
- pl: Dubiel

## Countries with the most observations

ES (842), FR (640), GR (601), HR (416), IT (265), TR (53), PT (37), SI (19), ME (12), RU (11), MT (9), CY (6)

## Summary

Diplodus puntazzo, the sharpsnout seabream, sheephead bream or puntazzo, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. This species is found in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean and Black Seas. This omnivorous fish is an important species for aquaculture and fisheries, despite the flesh not being highly esteemed.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplodus_puntazzo

## Photo

![Spitzbrasse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sharpsnout-seabream/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marino Linić · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/118079905

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sharpsnout-seabream?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).