A large sea bream with powerful jaws, feeding on shellfish and crustaceans and popular with anglers.
〈南非〉眼鳞鲷，石齿鲷
Lithognathus and other genera, family Sparidae: several species
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Our line fishery is in crisis and one of the critically endangered fish is white musselcracker.
The black musselcracker is a large, solitary species, and individuals are found on both shallow and deep rocky reefs.
Species listed on the Red List, including well-known species such as galjoen, white steenbras and white musselcracker, are illegal to buy or sell in South Africa.
On the same snorkel we came across large shoals of galjoen, a couple of musselcrackers as well as a wide variety of other reef fish.
Species such as the seventyfour, red steenbras and musselcracker have been so severely depleted that they represent no more than 5% of their original abundance in linefish catches.