Paddletail Seabream, Gymnocranius euanus (Günther 1879)
Other Names: Iodine Bream, Japanese Large-eye Bream, Japanese Sea Bream, Paddle-tailed Sea-bream
A Paddletail Seabream, Gymnocranius euanus, at Admiralty Anchor, Osprey Reef in the Coral Sea, November 2006. Source: Erik Schlogl / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A large silvery-grey to bluish grey seabream with small black spots scattered on the body, pinkish fins and rounded caudal-fin lobes.
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Bray, D.J. 2021, Gymnocranius euanus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/2223
Paddletail Seabream, Gymnocranius euanus (Günther 1879)
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Distribution |
Northwest of Kalbarri, Western Australia, around the tropical north to the Solitary Islands, New South Wales; also reefs in the Coral Sea, and the Lord Howe Island region and Norfolk Island in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, west Pacific, including southern Japan, the South China Sea, New Caledonia and Tonga. Inhabits open sandy or rubble bottoms adjacent to coral reefs and on outer reef slopes, including mesophotic reefs. |
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Feeding |
Feeds mostly on small gastropod molluscs. |
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Fisheries |
Taken in small numbers in commercial and recreational fisheries in parts of its range. |
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Etymology |
The species is named euanus in reference to the Eua Island in the Friendly Islands (now Tonga), the type locality. |
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Species Citation |
Sphaerodon euanus Günther 1879, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 5(4): 137. Type locality: Eua, Friendly Islands (= Tonga). |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2021 |
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Paddletail Seabream, Gymnocranius euanus (Günther 1879)
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