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 |