Σκαθάρι

Spondyliosoma cantharus
#nm_0011📍 Greece
Language
Greek
Transliteration
Skathari
IPA
/skaθˈari/

From Medieval Greek σκανθάριον skanthárion, from σκάνθαρος skántharos (beetle) ↳ From Ancient Greek κάνθαρος kántharos (dung beetle; also the black seabream Spondyliosoma cantharus) ↳ Origin uncertain; Beekes is sceptical of the proposed derivations from κάνθων kánthōn (pack-ass) and of a Semitic source

Dark-colored sea bream. Greek-origin name used in Aegean coastal areas.

⚠️ Often confused with: Μελανούρι (Oblada melanura)

Same species, different names