Western Atlantic seabream (Archosargus rhomboidalis)

Scientific name: Archosargus rhomboidalis Linnaeus, 1758

Western Atlantic seabream (Archosargus rhomboidalis)

The Western Atlantic seabream (Archosargus rhomboidalis) is a brackish-water fish of the family Sparidae. In the aquarium it needs water at 22–34°C (72–93°F). Native range: Western Atlantic, New Jersey, USA and northeastern Gulf of Mexico to Argentina. Absent from the Bahamas.

Western Atlantic seabream care at a glance

Temperature
22–34°C (72–93°F)

Biology

Commonly found over mud bottoms in mangrove sloughs and on vegetated sand bottoms, sometimes in brackish water and occasionally also in coral reef areas near mangroves. Feeds on benthic invertebrates (small bivalves, crustaceans), as well as on plant material.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Archosargus rhomboidalis
Family
Sparidae (Porgies)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
33.0
Common length
20.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; reef-associated
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Western Atlantic: New Jersey, USA and northeastern Gulf of Mexico to Argentina. Absent from the Bahamas.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.27; tm=0.4; tmax=2)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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