Lithognathus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. Species in this genus are given the common name of steenbras. The genus is found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean from southwestern Europe to South Africa and into the southwestern Indian Ocean.
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Pagrus lithognathus which had been described in 1829 by Georges Cuvier, with its type locality given as the Cape of Good Hope. The genus Lithognathus is placed...
The white steenbras (Lithognathuslithognathus) is a species of fish in the family Sparidae endemic to South Africa. Due to overfishing, primarily by...
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...
bars. The two largest species of Sparid are the white steenbras (Lithognathuslithognathus) and the red steenbras (Petrus rupestris), both of which have...
anal fins, and ten to fourteen dark bars. The white steenbras (Lithognathuslithognathus) is also similar, but has a longer head and more slender body...
Namib-Naukluft Park Media related to Sandwich Harbour at Wikimedia Commons First confirmed record of Lithognathuslithognathus sympatric with L. aureti v t e...
Sheapshed seabream Diplodus sargus also known by the name of White seabream Lithognathus mormyrus also known by the name of Striped seabream Spondyliosoma cantharus...
West coast steenbras, Lithognathus aureti Smith, 1962 (West coast; Cape Town to Angola) White steenbras, Lithognathuslithognathus (Cuvier, 1829) (Orange...
Lobna; Neifar, Lassad; Euzet, Louis (2009). "Diplectanid parasites of Lithognathus mormyrus (L.) (Teleostei: Sparidae) from the Mediterranean Sea, with...
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