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Yellowfin Seabream
Acanthopagrus latus
A large and robust sparid, highly adaptable to varying salinity levels and a powerful schooler.
- Family
- Sparidae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacifico: coste dall'Africa orientale e dal Mar Rosso fino all'Australia e al Giappone.
- Origin
- Tropical oceans and reefsExtra-Amazon South AmericaAfrica and MadagascarEast AsiaAustralia, New Guinea, and Oceania
- Tank use
- Used in 0 tanks
Share
18 °C - 28 °C
7.5 - 8.5
Brackish / Marine
Bottom and middle
30 cm
Species description
Geographical Origin and Habitat: Coastal estuaries, shallow bays, and sandy shores across the Western Indo-Pacific.
Taxonomy and Morphology: Family Sparidae. Deep, compressed body with strong jaw teeth capable of crushing shells. Grows to 30 cm in captivity.
Social Behavior: Schooling when young. Adults can become territorial toward conspecifics, guarding bottom feeding areas.
Coloration and Sexual Dimorphism: Silvery-grey body with bright yellow pelvic, anal, and lower caudal fins. Protandrous hermaphrodite.
Care, breeding and tankmates
Aquarium Setup: Massive tank with strong current and sandy bottom. Secure heavy rockwork. Do not keep delicate plants.
Diet and Feeding: Carnivorous omnivore. Feed whole mussels, unpeeled prawns, krill, and high-quality large sinking pellets.
Water Quality: Prefers high salinity brackish (SG 1.010-1.015) or marine water. Highly efficient mechanical filtration is required.
Compatibility and Cohabitation: Best kept with large, robust brackish fish. Small invertebrates or fish will be eaten.
Aquarium Breeding: Protandrous hermaphrodite. Not bred in home aquariums due to size and complex spawning dynamics.
Risks and Diseases: Prone to skin lesions if water changes are neglected. Ensure high oxygenation levels.
Fish profile
- Temperament
- Pacifico ma vivace; territoriale con consimili durante la crescita
- Diet
- Onnivoro carnivoro, consuma molluschi, crostacei e cibi secchi duri
- Tank level
- Bottom and middle
- Minimum group
- 3
- Adult size
- 30 cm
- Minimum tank volume
- 400 L
- GH
- n/a
- KH
- n/a
- TDS
- n/a
- Conductivity
- n/a
- Feeding frequency
- 2 volte al giorno
- Bioload
- Alto
- Flow
- Forte
- Reproduction
- Ermafrodita proterandro; la riproduzione in acquariofilia non è documentata.
- Compatibility & tankmates
- Tenere in gruppi in grandi vasche con pesci robusti e attivi. Può triturare piccoli crostacei.
Ecological Estimates & Biological Models
- Trophic level
- 3.8 ± 0.43 se
- Resilience
- Medium (1.4 - 4.4 years)
- Phylogenetic uniqueness (PD50)
- 0.5
- Bayesian Length-Weight
- a = 0.01622, b = 2.96
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