Sparodon
Sign in to saveSparodon, commonly known as the white musselcracker, musselcracker seabream, mussel cracker seabream, brusher, or cracker. is a monotypic genus of fish in the family Sparidae. The type and only known species, Sparodon durbanensis, was first described and named by François Louis Nompar de Caumont de Laporte, comte de Castelnau, in 1861.
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Vinony's link graph records 13 inbound references to Sparodon, and connects out to monotypic taxon, James Leonard Brierley Smith and Animalia.
Vinony files it under IUCN Red List near threatened species, Monotypic fish genera and Sparidae.
Vinony links it to 3 Wikipedia language editions.
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Sparodon, commonly known as the white musselcracker, musselcracker seabream, mussel cracker seabream, brusher, or cracker. is a monotypic genus of fish in the family Sparidae. The type and only known species, Sparodon durbanensis, was first described and named by François Louis Nompar de Caumont de Laporte, comte de Castelnau, in 1861.
The fish is edible and is an important food source in southern Africa.
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