Acanthopagrus australis
| Acanthopagrus australis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Sparidae |
| Genus: | Acanthopagrus |
| Species: | A. australis |
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Acanthopagrus australis Günther, 1859 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Chrysophrys australis Günther, 1859 |
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Chrysophrys australis Günther, 1859
Mylio australis (Günther, 1859)
Pagrus australis (Günther, 1859)
Sparus australis (Günther, 1859)
Roughleyia australis (Günther, 1859)
Acanthopagrus australis, officially known as the yellowfin bream and commonly known as the surf bream, is a species of marine and freshwater fish of the porgy family, Sparidae. It is also known as silver bream, eastern black bream, sea bream, and bream. It is a deep-bodied fish, occasionally confused with Acanthopagrus butcheri (black bream), but is generally distinguished by its yellowish ventral and anal fins. It is a popular target for recreational fisherman due to its capacity to fight well above its weight coupled with its table quality.
A. australis is one of 20 species in the genus Acanthopagrus, part of the porgy family Sparidae.
The species was first mentioned in scientific literature by Richard Owen in an 1853 work on skeletal material held by the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Although he named it Chrysophrys australis, it was insufficiently described and hence designated a nomen nudum. German-British naturalist Albert Günther formally described the surf bream in 1859 using Owen's name. Allan Riverstone McCulloch classified it in the genus Sparus in 1929. Texts up till 1949 used either of these binomial combinations.
Ian Munro used the binomial name Mylio australis in a 1949 review of the Australian "silver breams", preferring Mylio over Acanthopagrus and Roughleya as he found it to be the oldest valid genus name available. However, the validity of Mylio was questioned as its describer—Philibert Commerson—had listed the type as Sparus mylio.
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