Deepsea Snapper
Evynnis tumifrons
- Usual depth25–233 m
- Water temperature19–23 °C
- Best monthsDecember
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Totti, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
Evynnis tumifrons, the yellowback seabream, crimson seabream, goldentail or red seabream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. This fish is found in the Western Pacific Ocean off the coasts of East Asia. This species is an important food fish in the East China Sea and Japan.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 5 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 13 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 25–233 m · Deepest record: 233.2 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–23 °C
Photos
(c) Totti, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Totti, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Deepsea Snapper, Golden Tai, Red Sea-bream, Yellowback Bream, Yellowback Seabream, Yellow Seabream
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- Chidai, キダイ／レンコダイ, チダイ
- Korean
- 황돔
- Simplified Chinese
- 日本真鯛, 赤章, 赤鯮, 黃犁齒鯛(黃鯛), =黃背牙鯛, 黃鋤齒鯛, 黃鯛
Other scientific names: Chrysophrys tumifrons, Dentex tumifrons, Evynnis japonica, Taius tumifrons
Similar species
- Threadfin Porgy
Evynnis cardinalis
Australian SeabreamAcanthopagrus australis
Santer seabreamCheimerius nufar
Englishman seabreamChrysoblephus anglicus
DageraadChrysoblephus cristiceps
Miss LucyChrysoblephus gibbiceps
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).
- 156 open-data records from 1906 to 2016.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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