White steenbras
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L. lithognathus
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| Lithognathus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829)
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The white steenbras (Lithognathus lithognathus) is a species of fish in the Sparidae family[1] endemic to South Africa.[2] Due to overfishing, primarily by seine netting operations in False Bay, the white steenbras is now critically endangered and is about to become a 'no keep' species in South Africa. Massive breeding shoals are illegally wiped out by beach seine netters each year,[3] with the authorities doing little to prevent this.[4] The species was identified as a priority for research, management and conservation in a National Linefish Status Report[5]
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- ↑ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
- ↑ Skelton, P. 1996. Lithognathus lithognathus.
- ↑ [1] Link to illegal hauls of White Steenbras
- ↑ [2] Public Vow to stop Illegal White Steenbras hauls being made by Beach Seine Netters
- ↑ Bennett, Rhett Hamilton. 2012. Movement patterns, stock delineation and conservation of an overexploited fishery species, Lithognathus Lithognathus (Pisces: Sparidae). Doctoral thesis - PhD. Grahamstown: Rhodes University
