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White steenbras
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Sparidae
Genus:	Lithognathus
Species:	L. lithognathus
Binomial name
Lithognathus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829)
White steenbras distribution   Extant (resident)
Synonyms
Lithognathus capensis Swainson, 1839 Pagellus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829) Pagrus lithognathus Cuvier, 1829

The white steenbras (Lithognathus lithognathus) is a species of fish in the family Sparidae endemic to South Africa. 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, with the authorities doing little to prevent this. The species was identified as a priority for research, management and conservation in a National Linefish Status Report.

References

1. ^ Mann, B.Q.; Buxton, C.D.; Pollard, D.; Carpenter, K.E. & Iwatsuki, Y. (2014). "Lithognathus lithognathus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T12137A505458. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T12137A505458.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lithognathus lithognathus". FishBase.
3. Link to illegal hauls of white steenbras
4. Public vow to stop illegal white steenbras hauls being made by beach seine netters
5. Bennett, Rhett Hamilton (2012). Movement patterns, stock delineation and conservation of an overexploited fishery species, Lithognathus lithognathus (Pisces: Sparidae) (PhD). Grahamstown: Rhodes University. hdl:10962/d1015709.

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