Copper Steenbras

About this species

The red steenbras is a species of fish in the family Sparidae and the only known member of the monospecific genus Petrus. This species is endemic to South Africa. The species' population has been depleted by overfishing in African waters and it has been classified as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 3,106 records
February: 2,157 records
March: 1,990 records
April: 2,378 records
May: 2,654 records
June: 2,449 records
July: 2,724 records
August: 2,579 records
September: 405 records
October: 340 records
November: 425 records
December: 2,707 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 10–108 m · Deepest record: 108 m

10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 3 records
100–110 m: 3 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 17–24 °C

16–18 °C: 444 records
18–20 °C: 148 records
20–22 °C: 200 records
22–24 °C: 193 records

Photos

(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Georgina Jones · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Georgina Jones · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Georgina Jones · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Wilhelm van Zyl, 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) Peter Southwood, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Copper Steenbras, Good Hope steenbras, Red steenbras, Yellow Steenbras

Names in 3 more languages

Spanish: Dentón Del Cabo, Dentón Rupestre
French: Denté du Cap
Simplified Chinese: 南非強齒鯛

Other scientific names: Dentex brevis, Dentex rupestris

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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).
23,866 open-data records from 1926 to 2015.
Species data updated November 5, 2026.