striped seabream

Lithognathus mormyrus

Seabream beneath the Mozambique Coast

striped seabream is known around Eastern Atlantic as a fish; The largest recorded length is 55 cm, and its body is fusiform body.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Sparidae
Genus: Lithognathus
Maximum length: 55 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay, Strait of Gibraltar, Mediterranean, and Black Sea (Ref. 4781 , 112870 ), Madeira Is (Ref. 74541 ), Canary Is. and Cape Verde Islands (Ref. 3688 ), southward to Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Western Indian Ocean: southern Mozambique (Ref. 3688 ); Red Sea (Ref. 84159 ). Not found in tropical east Africa (Ref. 3198 ),
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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