| White steenbras | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Sparidae |
| Genus: | Lithognathus |
| Species: | L. lithognathus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lithognathus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829) | |
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| White steenbras distribution Extant (resident) | |
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The white steenbras (Lithognathus lithognathus) is a species of fish in the family Sparidae [2] endemic to South Africa. [1] Due to overfishing, primarily by seine netting operations in False Bay, the white steenbras is now endangered and is about to become a 'no keep' species in South Africa. Massive breeding shoals are illegally wiped out by beach seine netters each year, [3] with the authorities doing little to prevent this. [4] The species was identified as a priority for research, management and conservation in a National Linefish Status Report. [5]
