Yellowfin seabream

Acanthopagrus latus

The East Asian shelf is its true home

Yellow
Tropical
Northern Hemisphere
Transcontinental
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Southeast Asia
Deep-bodied
Compressed cross-section
Medium
Tropical fish

Acanthopagrus latus, the yellowfin seabream, grey bream, Houttuyn's yellowfin seabream, Japanese bream or yellow-finned black porgy, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, the seabreams and porgies. This fish is found in the Western Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Sparidae
Genus: Acanthopagrus
Maximum length: 40 cm
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: limited to the east Asia Shelf, recorded only from the coasts of Honshu (including Seto Inland Sea), Shikoku and Kyushu Is., Japan (not Ryukyu and Ogasawara Is. or Sea of Japan), southern Korea, Taiwan, China (from around Shanghai to southern China) and northern Vietnam (south to Hué). Previous reports from other areas of the Indo-Pacific are misidentifications of species within the A. latus species complex.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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