Panga seabream

Pterogymnus laniarus

Other names

None

SASSI Colour

Green

Biological Information

Wide ranging with nursery area on Agulhas Bank

Habitat

Rocky reefs over a wide depth range (20 - 230m)

Distribution

Endemic, Namibia to Beira

Capture Methods

Commercial boat linefishermen and inshore trawl in the S and SE Cape

Conservation Notes

Very abundant seabream despite heavy fishing pressure by foreign trawlers in the late 1960s. Could probably benefit from an offshore MPA on the Agulhas Bank. Often wrongly sold as "red snapper"

tags green, panga seabream, sassi, fish,