#2205 · 🐟 fish

Striped Seabream

🇳🇱 Marmerbaars ·Lithognathus mormyrus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The sand steenbras or striped seabream ( Lithognathus mormyrus ) is a species of marine fish in the family Sparidae. It is found in shallow water in the Mediterranean Sea and in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from France to South Africa. It also occurs in the Red Sea and off the coast of Mozambique in the Indian Ocean. The IUCN has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,460iNaturalist 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.
3,460 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).