Description

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Common Names

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Hump-headed bream , English , Australia

North west black bream , English , Australia

Northwest black bream , English , Australia

北澳棘鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China

北澳棘鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Sparidae

Genus: Acanthopagrus

Species: Acanthopagrus palmaris (Whitley, 1935)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Eastern Indian Ocean: Northwestern Australia.

Biology

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Occurs in coastal waters, often entering estuaries. Popular angling species usually caught with hook and line and sometimes taken by trawlers (Ref. 44894).

Habitat

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brackish