Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of White steenbras (Lithognathus lithognathus), recorded as Endangered
White steenbras (Lithognathus lithognathus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

White steenbras

Lithognathus lithognathus

The white steenbras is a fish in the family Sparidae endemic to South Africa.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Lithognathus lithognathus
Taxonomy
Perciformes · Sparidae · Lithognathus

Appearance

The white steenbras is a fish in the family Sparidae endemic to South Africa. Due to overfishing, primarily by seine netting operations in False Bay, the white steenbras is now endangered and is about to become a 'no keep' species in South Africa.

Range and habitat

No country pin is stored for White steenbras on this catalog. That is a missing field, not proof the animal has no range.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Breeding

Massive breeding shoals are illegally wiped out by beach seine netters each year, with the authorities doing little to prevent this.

In crisis

White steenbras is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on White steenbras, Wikidata item Q2089224. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is White steenbras?
White steenbras is a ray-finned fish in the family Sparidae (order Perciformes) — Lithognathus lithognathus.
What is the conservation status of White steenbras?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Lithognathus lithognathus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does White steenbras live?
The white steenbras is a fish in the family Sparidae endemic to South Africa.
Why is White steenbras in crisis?
Due to overfishing, primarily by seine netting operations in False Bay, the white steenbras is now endangered and is about to become a 'no keep' species in South Africa.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Lithognathus lithognathus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is White steenbras a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.