Acanthopagrus australis
Yellow fin bream | Australian Sea Bream | Black Bream | Bream | Common Bream | Eastern Black Bream | Sea Bream | Silver Bream | Surf Bream
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Distribution
Temperate Australasia, Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Silver to olive-green body and yellow pelvic and anal fins. Spawns during late autumn or winter at the entrance to estuaries. Range: about Townsville, Qld to the Gippsland Lakes, Vic.; overlaps with range for the very similar Black Bream Acanthopagrus butcheri which is found from about Ulladulla, NSW to Shark Bay, WA. Hybrids can occur.
Information
Max Size: 66 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 15.3-25.2°C
Depth: 1-30m
Habitat Generalization Index: 15.73
Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.
Conservation and Rarity
IUCN Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Common (32.0% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Many (14 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: Andrew Green