Gilthead seabream is Sparus aurata. On Slovenian and Croatian charts the usual name is orada. AlgoCatch treats it as a shallow coastal fish on sand and mixed seabed. The Habitat Checker lists it under anchor. Public zone files name Poreč and Rovinj on the Istria coast.
Also called Slovenian Orada, Croatian Orada, scientific name Sparus aurata. The Italian common name is not in the AlgoCatch catalog.
Where it lives in the Adriatic
The published public zone files name two towns. Poreč has one gilthead polygon. Rovinj has one. Both sit on the Istria coast, where the place records tag sand and mixed ground, and Rovinj also tags rock. Other covered towns can still be scored in the app. This page only names towns whose public file contains a polygon.
How AlgoCatch maps it
The Habitat Checker scores a pin for gilthead seabream as a suitability match. It is not a count of fish. Gilthead seabream is on the anchor list.
Rules
Croatia and Slovenia publish minimum size and closed season in their own gazettes. AlgoCatch does not copy a centimetre or a month onto this page. The figures in circulation do not agree, and a stale number is worse than a pointer. Check the current text for the water you are on before you keep a fish.
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Last checked: 27 Oct 2026