Yellowfin Seabream (Acanthopagrus latus) — identification, habitat & look-alikes

Yellowfin seabream is a silvery fish of East Asia's shallow coasts and estuaries. Its yellow lower fins give it its name, and the lower part of the tail is yellow. Its native range does not include U.S. waters.

Appearance

Appearance: Look for yellow pelvic and anal fins and yellow along the lower part of the tail. Its silvery body resembles other seabreams.

Look-alikes

blackhead seabreamAcanthopagrus schlegelii

Yellowfin seabream usually has yellow pelvic and anal fins and yellow on the lower tail. In a sharp close-up, count scale rows from the fifth to the : about 3–4 in yellowfin seabream and 5–6 in blackhead seabream.

Why they get mixed upBoth have deep, silvery seabream bodies.

Where it lives

Typical habitats: East Asian estuaries
shallow coasts
Range: Its currently recognized range is on the East Asian shelf, from Japan and southern Korea to northern Vietnam. Older reports from the Indian Ocean and Australia included other species.

Behavior

Diet: Along Japanese coasts, it eats crustaceans, mollusks, and marine worms.

Name and classification

About the name: Older reports used yellowfin seabream for fish across the Indo-Pacific. A 2013 review kept Acanthopagrus latus for the East Asian shelf and separated several lookalike species elsewhere.

Conservation

IUCN Red List: DDData DeficientNot enough data yet to assess

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