Silver Bream
Acanthopagrus australis
Also known as: Australian Sea Bream, Black Bream, Bream, Common Bream, Eastern Black Bream, Sea Bream, Snapper, Surf Bream, Yellowfin Bream, Yellow-finned Bream
- Australian Sea Bream
- Black Bream
- Bream
- Common Bream
- Eastern Black Bream
- Sea Bream
- Snapper
- Surf Bream
- Yellowfin Bream
- Yellow-finned Bream
Overview
Found singly, or in schools, foraging for food, over rock, sand and seagrass beds and around mangrove areas, in both brackish freshwater and salt water, over coastal bays, creeks, estuaries, lakes and coastal rivers.
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
- Fins & Tail
- yellow fins
- Behaviour
- bottom dwellingschoolingsolitary
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Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Southwest Pacific
- Country only · 2
Found singly, or in schools, foraging for food, over rock, sand and seagrass beds and around mangrove areas, in both brackish freshwater and salt water, over coastal bays, creeks, estuaries, lakes and coastal rivers.
Adult photos 2
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