Bronze Seabream
Pachymetopon grande
- Group: Other
- Max size: 65 cm
- For divers: safe
- IUCN status: NT
This bronze seabream keeps close to rocks in coastal waters, grazing a mixed diet of sea squirts, crustaceans and algae. It can reach around 65 centimetres and makes good eating, though it is never common enough to support a real fishery. Numbers are slipping toward threatened.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Eupercaria incertae sedis › Sparidae › Pachymetopon
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 218608.
FAQ
- Is the Bronze Seabream dangerous to divers?
- The Bronze Seabream is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Bronze Seabream get?
- The Bronze Seabream grows to about 65 cm.