Consumption of this species is currently considered sustainable. Eat responsibly. Enjoy your meal and always respect sustainable sizes and breeding seasons!

Non toxic, however this species is vulnerable to heavy metal accumulation as a result of human activities.

Black spots above its pectoral fins. The coloration is light grey with silvery and yellowish highlights. It is covered in very fine horizontal stripes ranging from brown to black, one dark band from the origin of forsal to the base of pectoral fin and one on the tail peduncle. It has a flat body and its caudal fin is edged in black. Looks like: Diplodus sargus sargus (White seabream): very closely related to D. vulgaris and is part of the same species complex. It can be difficult to distinguish them, but D. sargus often has a more pronounced black spot at the base of its tail.

Female common two-banded seabream can lay up to 315,000 eggs!