Acanthopagrus pacificus, Pacific seabream : aquaculture, aquarium

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Acanthopagrus pacificus Iwatsuki, Kume & Yoshino, 2010

Pacific seabream
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Acanthopagrus: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, pagros, a kind of fish (Ref. 45335);  pacificus: Name refers to its distribution in the western Pacific. .

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic. Tropical

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Western Pacific: Japan to Australia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 21 - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86288); 34.8 cm SL (female)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: 3.5 scale rows between fifth dorsal-fin spine base and lateral line; ventral edge of first two infraorbitals above rear end of maxilla straight in fish less than ca 30 cm SL, but a moderate concavity of the ventral edge of the first two infraorbitals above the posterior part of upper jaw obvious in specimens about 35 cm SL; front edge of dorsal scaly area on head slightly curved (convex) without small scales; total gill rakers 15-19, modally 17; deeper body, 45-48% SL (mean 47% SL); A III, 8-9, usually III, 8; smaller orbit diameter, 2.9-4.9 (mean 3.7) in head length/orbit diameter; second anal-fin spine (2AS) clearly longer than third anal-fin spine (3AS), 2AS/3AS 1.2-1.56 (mean 1.4); scales on preopercle flange absent; pelvic and anal fins uniformly dark black (Ref. 86288).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Mainly in brackish waters of estuaries and inlets, coastal rivers and tidal creeks, occasionally entering lower sections of freshwater streams (Ref. 44894). Juveniles inhabit protected bays and estuaries (Ref. 47715). Usually occurs singly or small groups, but may migrate in schools (Ref. 48635). A popular angling species, often caught with hook and line (Ref. 44894).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Iwatsuki, Y., M. Kume and T. Yoshino, 2010. A new species, Acanthopagrus pacificus from the Western Pacific (Pisces, Sparidae). Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Ser. A, 36(4):115-130. (Ref. 86288)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 March 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: public aquariums
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01698 (0.01072 - 0.02691), b=3.06 (2.93 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.6   ±0.5 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=1.15).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).