Acanthopagrus schlegelii, the blackhead seabream, black porgy or black seabream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, the seabreams and porgies. This species is found in the Western Pacific Ocean. The blackhead seabream is an important species in commercial fisheries, particularly in Vietnam.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Sparidae |
| Genus: | Acanthopagrus |
| Species: | A. schlegelii
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| Acanthopagrus schlegelii (Bleeker, 1854)
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Taxonomy
editAcanthopagrus schlegelii was first formally described as Chrysophrys schlegelii in 1854 by the Dutch physician, herpetologist and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker with its type locality given as Nagasaki.[3] Some workers have suggested that there are two species within this taxon, A. schlegelii and A. czerskii,[4] while others treat these as subspecies within the same species.[5] Some authorities classify the genus Acanthopagrus in the subfamily Sparinae,[6] but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise subfamilies within the Sparidae.[7]
Etymology
editAcanthopagrus schlegelii has a specific name that honours the German ornithologist and herpetologist Hermann Schlegel who co-wrote Fauna Japonica with Coenraad Jacob Temminck, a book Bleeker often cited. The subspecies A. s. czerskii honours the ornithologists Alexander Ivanovich Czerski, the son of Jan Czerski, a celebrated Polish geologist, naturalist and explorer, who collected the type specimen.[5]
Description
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Acanthopagrus schlegelii has its dorsal fin supported by 11 or 12 spines and 11 soft rays while the anal fin contains 3 spines and 8 soft rays.[2] This species differs from the other species in the gneus Acanthopagrus by having pale dorsal, caudal, anal, and pelvic fins being light colour.[8] The overall colour is black or grey, silvery on the belly, with indistinct vertical stripes along the body and a round spot on the upper margin of the operculum.[9] The maximum published standard length for this species is 50 cm (20 in).[2]
Distribution and habitat
editAcanthopagrus schlegelii is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean where it is found in the Sea Of Japan, the eastern coast Japan from central Honshu south, the Yellow Sea and the East and South China Seas. This species is found in sheltered bays, on shallow rocky reefs and in brackish waters down as deep as 50 m (160 ft).[1]
Biology
editAcanthopagrus schlegelii is a predatory species feeding on molluscs and polychaetes. It is a protandrous hermaphrodite that spawns during the spring and summer.[1] They spawning behaviour reaches its daily peaks just before sunset and the reduction in light levels appears to stimulate the fish to spawn.[10] Males have a maximum age of 20 years and females 28 years and males are more numerous in the lower size classes.[11]
Fisheries and aquaculture
editAcanthopagrus schlegelii is an important food fish in Vietnam.[1] This species is an important fish in aquaculture in Korea, China and Japan. China produced 123,000 t (121,000 long tons; 136,000 short tons) in 2022.[12]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Buxton, C.D.; Carpenter, K.E.; Mann, B.Q.; et al. (2014). "Acanthopagrus schlegelii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T170153A20567110. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T170153A20567110.en. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Acanthopagrus schlegelii". FishBase. October 2023 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Acanthopagrus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ Dolganov, V.; Kharin, V. & Zemnukhov, V. (2008). "New records of a rare species of spariform fish Acanthopagrus schlegelii (Bleeker, 1854) (Osteichthyes: Sparidae) from Russian waters of the sea of Japan, with notes on the taxonomy of the genus Acanthopagrus Peters, 1855". Russian Journal of Marine Biology. 34 (4): 220–223. Bibcode:2008RuJMB..34..220D. doi:10.1134/S1063074008040020.
- ^ a b "Order SPARIFORMES: Families LETHRINIDAE, NEMIPTERIDAE and SPARIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ Parenti, P. (2019). "An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Sparidae". FishTaxa. 4 (2): 47–98.
- ^ Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C.; Wilson, M.V.H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 502–506. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. LCCN 2015037522. OCLC 951899884. OL 25909650M.
- ^ Iwatsuki, Y.; M. Kume; and T. Yoshino (2010). "A new species, Acanthopagrus pacificus from the western Pacific (Pisces, Sparidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A). 36 (4): 115–130.
- ^ "Jaoanese black porgy". Orbis Pictus. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ Kentaro Kawai; Hiroki Fujita; Diego Deville; Tetsuya Umino (2022). "Spawning time of black sea bream Acanthopagrus schlegelii, related to underwater photoperiodism in oyster farms". Journal of Fish Biology. 101 (5): 1142–1149. Bibcode:2022JFBio.101.1142K. doi:10.1111/jfb.15179. PMID 35880803.
- ^ Hiroshi Yamashita; Satoshi Katayama; and Tomoyuki Koyima (2015). "Age and Growth of Black Sea Bream Acanthopagrus schlegelii (Bleeker 1854) in Tokyo Bay". Asian Fisheries Science. 28: 47–59. doi:10.33997/j.afs.2015/28.2.001 (inactive 1 November 2024).
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link) - ^ Xuejiao Li; Yuedong Shen; Yangguang Bao; Zhaoxun Wu; Bingqian Yang; Lefei Jiao; Chundan Zhang; Douglas R. Tocher; Qicun Zhou; Min Jin (2022). "Physiological responses and adaptive strategies to acute low-salinity environmental stress of the euryhaline marine fish black seabream (Acanthopagrus schlegelii)". Aquaculture. 554: 738117. Bibcode:2022Aquac.55438117L. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.738117.