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Goldlined seabream

Characteristics

  • Recorded singly and in groups.
  • Males can change sex to female, but populations in Australia are suggested to be rudimentary hermaphroditic.
  • In Australia, most individuals mature before reaching 18cm (total length).
  • Can live to at least 16 years old in wild.
  • Wary and alert to divers.
  • Feeds on algae and benthic invertebrates.

Description

  • Body silvery.
  • Some scales appear golden, which link up to form several horizontal lines on both sides of the body.
  • Head shape is blunt.
  • Readily distinguishable from Yellowfin seabream, a similar-looking species with no horizontal lines and a sharper head.
  • Pelvic, pectoral and anal fins yellow.

Common Name: Golden-lined seabream, Goldlined seabream, Silver seabream

Family Common Name: Porgies

Family: Sparidae

Scientific Name: Rhabdosargus sarba___(Forsskål, 1775)

Genus: Rhabdosargus

Maximum Length: 80 cm (Total Length)

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未評估
Not Evaluated (ne)
數據缺乏
Data Deficient (dd)
無危
Least Concern (lc)
近危
Near Threatened (nt)
易危
Vulnerable (vu)
瀕危
Endangered (en)
極危
Critically Endangered (cr)
絕滅
Extinct (ex)
Goldlined seabream

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