Barnabé, G. (1980) Exposé synoptique des données biologiques sur le loup ou bar Dicentrarchus labrax (Linné, 1758).
FAO Fish.Synop.
| Species | Development state | Trait | Primary Data | Secondary Data |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Egg | Egg size after water-hardening | Mean of 1.115, range 1.12-1.19. In different studies vary from 1.15-1.20 in Mediterranean Sea and 1.08-1.51 in Atlantic Ocean [Fertilized eggs] | 1.16 mm |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Egg | Egg Buoyancy | Pelagic | Pelagic |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Egg | Incubation time | 112 hours at 15°C, but vary from 70-120 hours depending on temperature | 95.0 days |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Egg | Temperature for incubation | Rearing temperature 15°C | 15.0 °C |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Egg | Degree-days for incubation | 70 DD [112 hour at 15°C] | 70.0 °C * day |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Larvae | Initial larval size | 3.5-4, data based on a graph | 3.75 mm |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Larvae | Larvae behaviour | Pelagic | Pelagic |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Larvae | Reaction to light | Positively phototropic | Photopositive |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Larvae | Temperature during larval development | Rearing temperature vary between 15-20, mostly at 18-19°C | 17.5 °C |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Larvae | Onset of exogeneous feeding | First feeding about 6-7 days | 6.5 °C * day |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Female | Age at sexual maturity | 5-8 [Great Brittany], 6 [Arcachon, France], 3 [Sète, France] and 4-5 [Tunisia] | 6.5 year |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Female | Length at sexual maturity | 37.7 [Great Brittany], 42.5 [Arcachon, France], 37.1-40 [Sète, France] and 31.4-32.6 [Tunisia] | 38.55 cm |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Female | Relative fecundity | 293-358 eggs/g for females 32.2-42.4 cm, also 492-955 eggs/g | 325.5 thousand eggs/kg |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Female | Onset of oogenesis | October-November [In Arcachon, France], September [In Sète, France], October [Tunisia] | ['September', 'October', 'November'] |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Female | Intensifying oogenesis activity | February [In Arcachon, France], October-November [In Sète, France], October-November [Tunisia] | ['February', 'October', 'November'] |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Female | Maximum GSI value | About 7.5, in March [In Arcachon, France], 8% in January[In Sète, France], 7.5 in December [Tunisia] | 7.5 percent |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Female | Resting period | June-October [In Arcachon, France], May-October [In Sète, France], April-July [Tunisia] | 8.0 months |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Male | Age at sexual maturity | 4-7 [Great Brittany], 4 [Arcachon, France], 2 [Sète, France] and 2-3 [Tunisia] | 5.5 years |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Male | Length at sexual maturity | 33.7 [Great Brittany], 31.9-37.2 [Arcachon, France], 28-30 [Sète, France] and 23.1-25.5 [Tunisia] | 34.55 cm |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Male | Onset of spermatogenesis | December [In Arcachon, France], October [In Sète, France], September [Tunisia] | ['September', 'October', 'December'] |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Male | Main spermatogenesis activity | January-February [In Arcachon, France], October-November [In Sète, France], October-November [Tunisia] | ['January', 'February', 'October', 'November'] |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Male | Maximum GSI value | 2.5 in March [In Arcachon, France], 5% In January [In Sète, France], 5.2 in December [Tunisia] | 2.5 percent |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Male | Resting period | May-November [In Arcachon, France], May-October [In Sète, France], February-September [Tunisia] | 11.0 months |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Spawning conditions | Spawning migration distance | Not true migrations but rather small movements between feeding and spawning areas | No data |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Spawning conditions | Spawning migration period | In England: In October, towards south (Cornouailles coast) then a back migration in spring following the spawning | ['April', 'May', 'June', 'October'] |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | According to the lattitudes, spawns in winter, December to March with an optimum in January in Mediterranean Sea, April-May in Brittany (France), and up to June (Irland) | ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'December'] |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Spawning conditions | Spawning temperature | Vary between 10.6-12.6 | 11.6 °C |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Spawning conditions | Spawning depth | Mostly at depth < 10 m, yet spawners ready to spawn were found at 40-50 m deep | 45.0 m |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Spawning conditions | Spawning substrate | Above rocks | Lithophils |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Spawning conditions | Nycthemeral period of oviposition | It does not seem that there is a specific hour, spawn all day long [in reared conditions, seem to spawn mostly during the morning] but in the wild, fish were observed spawing during the day | Day |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Spawning conditions | Mating system | 1 or 2 males, always smaller than a female, with a female | No category |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Spawning conditions | Parity | Could live up to 20 years, even 30 years in reared conditions | No category |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | Spawning conditions | Parental care | Not any parental care is provided to eggs | No care |