WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Okinawan Yellowfin Seabream

Acanthopagrus chinshira

Also known as: Black Sea Bream, Bream, Sea Bream

NTNear ThreatenedIUCN Red List, 2014
Adult
@jeffli1970 · Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China · September 20211 / 1
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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.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Northwest Pacific
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Found singly, or in schools, foraging for food, in coastal waters.

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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. genusAcanthopagrus
    7. speciesAcanthopagrus chinshira Kume & Yoshino, 2008

    SourcesWoRMS

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    More in the family

    Porgies (Sparidae)