Acanthopagrus berda Goldsilk seabream

Acanthopagrus berda is commonly referred to as Goldsilk seabream. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Richard und Mary Field, Malta

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Scientific:: Acanthopagrus berda
German:: Fluss-Meerbrasse
English:: Goldsilk Seabream

Category:: Prażmowate

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sparidae (Family) > Acanthopagrus (Genus) > berda (Species)
Initial determination:: (Forsskål, ), 1775

Occurrence:: Sudan, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Bangladesh, Egypt, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Pakistan, Red Sea, Singapore, Somalia, South America, Sri Lanka, Tansania, the Seychelles, Vietnam, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean, Yemen
Size:: 13.78" - 35.43" (35cm - 90cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Schrimps, Snails, Starfishs, Worms, Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Acanthopagrus akazakii
Acanthopagrus arabicus
Acanthopagrus australis
Acanthopagrus berda
Fluss-Meerbrasse
Acanthopagrus bifasciatus
Doppelband Meerbrasse
Acanthopagrus butcheri
Acanthopagrus catenula
Acanthopagrus chinshira
Acanthopagrus latus
Meerbrasse
Acanthopagrus longispinnis
Acanthopagrus morrisoni
Acanthopagrus omanensis
Acanthopagrus pacificus
Acanthopagrus palmaris
Acanthopagrus randalli
Acanthopagrus schlegelii
Meerbrasse
Acanthopagrus sheim
Acanthopagrus sivicolus
Acanthopagrus taiwanensis
Acanthopagrus vagus

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-01-18 17:58:56
Last edit:: 2013-01-18 17:58:56

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(Forsskål, 1775)

Special thanks fot the foto to Johnny Jensen, Danmark.

Distribution:
Western Indian Ocean, South Africa, Mozambique, the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, India, Phuket (Andaman Sea, specimen lost), and Malaysia (Penang Island and Langkawi Island, near Singapore).
Western Pacific specimens recorded as A. berda refer to Acanthopagrus pacificus.

Biology:
Feeds on invertebrates, including worms, mollusks, crustaceans and echinoderms, and small fish. Protandrous hermaphrodite.

Synonyms:
Acanthopagrus calamara (Valenciennes, 1830)
Chrysophrys berda (Forsskål, 1775)
Chrysophrys berda calamara Day, 1876
Chrysophrys calamara Valenciennes, 1830
Chrysophrys longispinnis Valenciennes, 1830
Chrysophrys madagascariensis Valenciennes, 1830
Chrysophrys robinsoni Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908
Mylio berda (Forsskål, 1775)
Pagrus berda (Forsskål, 1775)
Pagrus robinsoni (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
Sparus berda Forsskål, 1775
Sparus calamara Cuvier, 1829
Sparus hasta Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Sparus longispinnis (Valenciennes, 1830)
Sparus madagascariensis (Valenciennes, 1830)

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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