WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Sand Steenbras

Lithognathus mormyrus

Also known as: Striped Bream, Striped Seabream

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2014
Adult
@bellmyr · Crete, Greece · October 20151 / 5
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Overview

Found in small to large schools, over mud, sand and seagrass beds of coastal waters and in estuaries.

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, Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean, Black Sea
  • Exact location · 3
  • Country only · 2
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Found in small to large schools, over mud, sand and seagrass beds of coastal waters and in estuaries.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familySparidae
    6. genusLithognathus
    7. speciesLithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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    More in the family

    Porgies (Sparidae)