Red steenbras

The Red steenbras lives in the demersal, brackish, marine, depth range 10 - m environment.

Red steenbras have a formidable set of canines in both the upper and lower jaws. • DISTRIBUTION Red steenbras are endemic to South Africa and occur from Cape Vidal to Cape Point. They inhabit rocky reefs at depths from 10 to 160 m. More

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Eating Quality: Red Steenbras is a sought after table fish as the flesh is excellent to eat. More

Moses said red steenbras was one of the linefish regarded as "collapsed" and only restricted fishing of the species was allowed. More

"You will not catch a red steenbras in False Bay," he says. The culprits have been those who fish off boats in the Eastern Cape and Transkei. More

one ton of linefish, mostly red steenbras, which is regarded as the top linefish predator and generally equated to the white rhino in terrestrial terms. The confiscation happened during the early hours of the morning Wednesday, 19 December 2007 in Gansbaai, Western Cape. More

Moses said red steenbras was regarded as the top linefish predator and was generally equated to the white rhino in terrestrial terms. More

Common names

Copper steenbras in Afrikaans
Denté du Cap in French (français)
Dentón del Cabo in Spanish (español)
Dentón rupestre in Spanish (español)
Pargo vermelho in Portuguese (Português)
Petrak in Polish (polski)
Red steenbras in English
Rooisteenbras in Afrikaans
Rød stenbrasen in Danish (dansk)
Vermelhão in Portuguese (Português)
Yellow steenbras in English
南非強齒鯛 in Mandarin Chinese
南非强齿鲷 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Perciformes
Family : Sparidae
Genus : Petrus
Species : Petrus rupestris
Authority : Valenciennes, 1830