Biology:White steenbras
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Short description: Species of fish in the family Sparidae from South Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Spariformes |
| Family: | Sparidae |
| Genus: | Lithognathus |
| Species: | L. lithognathus
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| Lithognathus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829)
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| White steenbras distribution
Extant (resident)
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The white steenbras (Lithognathus lithognathus) is a species of fish in the family Sparidae[2] endemic to South Africa .[1] Due to overfishing, primarily by seine netting operations in False Bay, the white steenbras is now endangered and is about to become a 'no keep' species in South Africa. Massive breeding shoals are illegally wiped out by beach seine netters each year,[3] with the authorities doing little to prevent this.[4] The species was identified as a priority for research, management and conservation in a National Linefish Status Report.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mann, B.Q.; Buxton, C.D.; Pollard, D.; Carpenter, K.E.; Iwatsuki, Y. (2014). "Lithognathus lithognathus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T12137A505458. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T12137A505458.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12137/505458. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Lithognathus lithognathus" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ↑ [1] Link to illegal hauls of white steenbras
- ↑ [2] Public vow to stop illegal white steenbras hauls being made by beach seine netters
- ↑ Bennett, Rhett Hamilton (2012). Movement patterns, stock delineation and conservation of an overexploited fishery species, Lithognathus lithognathus (Pisces: Sparidae) (PhD). Grahamstown: Rhodes University.
Wikidata ☰ Q2089224 entry
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