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)