Hump-headed Bream
Acanthopagrus palmaris
- Usual depth0–1 m
- Water temperature23–28 °C
- Best monthsNovember
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–1 m · Deepest record: 1 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–28 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Hump-headed Bream, Northwest Black Bream
Names in 1 more languages
- Simplified Chinese
- 北澳棘鯛
Other scientific names: Roughleyia palmaris
Similar species
Australian SeabreamAcanthopagrus australis
Black BreamAcanthopagrus butcheri
Grey BreamAcanthopagrus latus
Blackhead SeabreamAcanthopagrus schlegelii
Picnic seabreamAcanthopagrus berda
Doublebar breamAcanthopagrus bifasciatus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 26 open-data records from 1949 to 2010.
- Species data updated October 31, 2026.
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