#2370 · 🐟 fish

Yellowfin Bream

Acanthopagrus australis

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

Acanthopagrus australis , officially known as the yellowfin bream and commonly known as the surf bream , is a species of marine and freshwater fish of the porgy family, Sparidae. It is also known as silver bream , eastern black bream , sea bream , and bream . It is a deep-bodied fish, occasionally confused with Acanthopagrus butcheri (black bream), but is generally distinguished by its yellowish ventral and anal fins. It is a popular target for recreational fisherman due to its...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,914iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,914 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1859 (167 years ago).