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.

• Max Size: 66 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 15.3-25.2°C
• Depth: 1-30m
• Habitat: Mangrove, Rocky Reef, Seagrass, Soft sediment
• Habitat Generalisation Index: 15.7
  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

• Threats: Exploitation
• IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
• Occurrence: Common (33% 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.