Australasian snapper

Pagrus auratus

One Hundred Thirty Centimeters Seabream of Philippine Waters

Yellow
Tropical
Transcontinental
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Oceania
Southeast Asia
Large
Tropical fish

The Australasian snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) or silver seabream is a species of porgie found in coastal waters of Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, mainland China, Taiwan, Japan and New Zealand. Its distribution areas in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres are disjunct. Although it is almost universally known in Australia and New Zealand as snapper, it does not belong to the Lutjanidae snapper family.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Sparidae
Genus: Pagrus
Maximum length: 130 cm
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: widely occurring off New Zealand, Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, and Japan. Populations in the northern and southern hemispheres are independent and isolated but were similar enough to be declared one and the same species (Ref. 28569 , 28591 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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