Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Actinopterygii > Order: Perciformes > Family: Sparidae > Genus: Lithognathus > Species: Lithognathus mormyrus

Sand steenbras - Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Threat status Europe Least Concern (IUCN)

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Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
Near Threatened
Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable
Vulnerable
Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient
Endangered
Extinct
Least Concern
Critically Endangered

EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Not listed in legal texts

Common names and synonyms

Common Name Language Reference
Ajula Maltese Fishbase
Atlanticheskiy zemleroi Russian Fishbase
Cizgili mercan Turkish Fishbase
Dorade marbré French Fishbase
Ferreira Portuguese Fishbase
Herrera Spanish Fishbase
Marbré French Fishbase
Marmorbrasse German Fishbase
Mingus Maltese Fishbase
Minkus Maltese Fishbase
Morlesz pregowany Polish Fishbase
Mormora Italian Fishbase
Murmura Greek Fishbase
Murra Albanian Fishbase
Ovcica Serbian Fishbase
Ovčica Slovenian Fishbase
Oveica Croatian Fishbase
Sand steenbras English Fishbase
Striped sea bream English Fishbase
Striped seabream English Fishbase
No synonyms available.

Other resources

CoL (accepted name) Catalogue of Life
Fauna Europaea search Fauna Europaea
FishBase FishBase
GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name) Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted) Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
WoRMS World Register of Marine Species

External data

No external data sets available for this species
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