Bronze seabream

Pachymetopon grande

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth5–83 m
Water temperature17–27 °C
Best monthsJune, July, and August
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Wynand Uys, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Pachymetopon grande, the bronze seabream or blue hottentot, is a species of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. This species is found in the southwestern Indian Ocean. It is an important spoecies for recreational fisheries in South Africa and for subsistence fisheries too.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 94 records
February: 61 records
March: 117 records
April: 95 records
May: 128 records
June: 139 records
July: 156 records
August: 134 records
September: 90 records
October: 104 records
November: 123 records
December: 94 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–83 m · Deepest record: 250 m

0–10 m: 2 records
10–20 m: 5 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 17–27 °C

16–18 °C: 13 records
18–20 °C: 36 records
20–22 °C: 151 records
22–24 °C: 671 records
24–26 °C: 57 records
26–28 °C: 1 records

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Names and classification

English: Bronze seabream, Blue Hottentot, Bronze Bream, bronze seabream, Copper Bream

Names in 3 more languages

Spanish: Hotentote Bronceado
French: Hottentot Bronze
Simplified Chinese: 鏽色切齒鯛

Other scientific names: Pachymetopon glaucum, Pachymetopon guentheri

Similar species

Blue Hottentot
Pachymetopon aeneum
Australian Seabream
Acanthopagrus australis
Santer seabream
Cheimerius nufar
Englishman seabream
Chrysoblephus anglicus
Dageraad
Chrysoblephus cristiceps
Miss Lucy
Chrysoblephus 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).
1,279 open-data records from 1951 to 2014.
Species data updated November 5, 2026.

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