Roman seabream

Chrysoblephus laticeps

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth28–84 m
Water temperature16–23 °C
How commonCommon

Photo credit: (c) Peter Southwood, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Peter Southwood · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

About this species

Chrysoblephus laticeps, the red roman or roman seabream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, the seabreams and porgies. This fish is endemic to Southern Africa, ranging from Namibia to the Eastern Cape.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Chrysoblephus laticeps”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 2,791 records
February: 2,062 records
March: 2,353 records
April: 2,784 records
May: 2,681 records
June: 2,458 records
July: 2,567 records
August: 2,588 records
September: 2,541 records
October: 2,537 records
November: 2,209 records
December: 2,860 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 28–84 m · Deepest record: 90 m

20–30 m: 2 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 3 records
80–90 m: 3 records
90–100 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–23 °C

14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 570 records
18–20 °C: 246 records
20–22 °C: 71 records
22–24 °C: 3 records

Photos

(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Peter Southwood, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Peter Southwood, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Wilhelm van Zyl, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Wilhelm van Zyl, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Roman seabream, Red Roman

Names in 3 more languages

Spanish: Sargo Montura Blanca
French: Spare à Selle Blanche
Simplified Chinese: 白條麗眼鯛

Other scientific names: Chrysoblephus algoensis, Chrysophrys algoensis, Chrysophrys laticeps, Chrysophrys pugicephalus

Similar species

Englishman seabream
Chrysoblephus anglicus
Dageraad
Chrysoblephus cristiceps
Miss Lucy
Chrysoblephus gibbiceps
Slinger seabream
Chrysoblephus puniceus
False Englishman
Chrysoblephus lophus
Australian Seabream
Acanthopagrus australis

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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
29,914 open-data records from 1970 to 2009.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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