Okinawan Yellowfin Seabream
Acanthopagrus chinshira
Also known as: Black Sea Bream, Bream, Sea Bream
- Black Sea Bream
- Bream
- Sea Bream
Overview
Found singly, or in schools, foraging for food, in coastal waters.
Juveniles found close to shore.
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.
How to identify
Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Northwest Pacific
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Found singly, or in schools, foraging for food, in coastal waters.
Adult photos 1
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Taxonomy
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classTeleostei
- orderEupercaria incertae sedis
- familySparidae
- genusAcanthopagrus
- speciesAcanthopagrus chinshira Kume & Yoshino, 2008
SourcesWoRMS
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