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Bony fish

Cape White Seabream

Diplodus capensis

Also known as: Blacktail, Sargo, Seabream, White Seabream

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2014
Adult
@vantubbergh · Kosi Bay, South Africa · May 20121 / 1
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Overview

Found singly, or in small schools, around rock and sandy substrates of intertidal surf zones, over sandy beaches and mouths of estuaries.
Juveniles over shallow reefs.

Porgies are found in tropical as well as cooler waters, and are bottom-dwelling carnivores. Most species possess grinding, molar-like teeth, for eating crustaceans.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Indian Ocean, Southeast Atlantic, Mediterranean
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Found singly, or in small schools, around rock and sandy substrates of intertidal surf zones, over sandy beaches and mouths of estuaries.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familySparidae
    6. genusDiplodus
    7. speciesDiplodus capensis (Smith, 1844)

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    More in the family

    Porgies (Sparidae)