Yellowsnout large-eye bream (Gymnocranius frenatus)

Scientific name: Gymnocranius frenatus Bleeker, 1873

Yellowsnout large-eye bream (Gymnocranius frenatus)

The Yellowsnout large-eye bream (Gymnocranius frenatus) is a marine fish of the family Lethrinidae. Native range: Western Pacific, Indo-Malaysian Archipelago and South China Sea.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 10. The lower edge of the eye is well above a line from the tip of the snout to the middle of the caudal fin fork. The eye is relatively large, its diameter slightly greater than the interorbital space. Overall color is silvery-white, grayish on upper back. There are about 5-7 narrow irregular bars, which may be very faint, on the sides. A prominent blue-edged, yellow band from the front of the eye to above the upper lip encompassing the nostrils. The cheek is yellowish with 3 or 4 oblique bands sloping upwards from above the upper jaw towards the rear part of the eye. Fins are mainly clear or whitish. A black spot is at the base of upper pectoral rays; a narrow brown bar across the base of the entire fin.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Gymnocranius frenatus
Family
Lethrinidae (Emperors or scavengers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
35.0
Common length
30.0
Depth range
20–80 m (66–262 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range 20 - 80 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Pacific: Indo-Malaysian Archipelago and South China Sea.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

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

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