Acanthistius pictus

Brick Seabass
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Anthiadidae
Genus:	Acanthistius
Species:	A. pictus
Binomial name
	Acanthistius pictus; (Tschudi, 1846)
Synonyms
	Plectropoma pictumTschudi, 1846;

Last updated October 14, 2025

Acanthistius pictus, also known as the Brick Seabass, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses. The species is native to the Chile and Peru portion of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.^[1]^[2]

Length

The fish gets up to 47.0 centimetres (18.5 in) in length.^[2]

References

↑ Pequeño, G., 1989. Peces de Chile. Lista sistematica revisada y comentada. Rev. Biol. Mar., Valparaiso 24(2):1-132.
1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Acanthistius pictus". FishBase . December 2020 version.

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[1] Pequeño, G., 1989. Peces de Chile. Lista sistematica revisada y comentada. Rev. Biol. Mar., Valparaiso 24(2):1-132.

[fishbase-2] 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Acanthistius pictus". FishBase . December 2020 version.

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