Blackhead seabream (Acanthopagrus schlegelii) is a saltwater, brackish species recorded in Hong Kong, Taiwan. It is mainly found over reef, rocky, at depths of ≥ 15 m. The main season in Hong Kong, Taiwan runs spring, autumn, winter.
Scientific name: Acanthopagrus schlegelii · Water: Saltwater, Brackish · Season: Spring, Autumn, Winter · Also known as: Black Seabream
Size: 15–55 cm
Weight: 0.2–3.5 kg
The blackhead seabream is a spiny seabream that lives over shallow sandy-mud bottoms, rocky reefs and estuarine brackish water, and it tolerates very low salinity. Wary and quick to drop a bait, it is one of Hong Kong's premier rock- and shore-fishing targets. It feeds most actively from late autumn through early spring, when lower water temperatures and the winter-to-spring spawning season make the fish fat and willing.
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