Saltwater
Axillary Seabream
Pagellus acarne
Hebrew name: ג'ארבידה לבנה
- Peak season
- Autumn to spring (October-May)
- Length range
- 15–30 cm
- Weight range
- 0.1–0.5 kg
- Typical depth
- 20–500 m
Habitat
Sandy, muddy and seagrass bottoms of the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, mostly 40-100 m but found from the shallows to about 500 m.
Behavior
Schools over soft bottom feeding on worms, small crustaceans and molluscs. Told apart from the common pandora by the dark spot at the base of the pectoral fin.
Best techniques
- Bottom fishing from a boat with worms or squid strips
- Multi-hook paternoster rigs over sand
- Light drift fishing with shrimp
- Small jigs and inchikus near the bottom
