Fishes from Territorial Saudi Red Sea Watersالصفحة المطبوعة 245confidence: officially documentedverification: unverifiedthe evidence is a rendering of what the locator holds, not a verbatim quotation
Documentation status
documented from a measurement
No source is linked to this value.
Names
English common names
Twobar seabrem
Local names — Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea
قمرLocal nameLocal name, verified — not nationally approved
رباقLocal nameLocal name, verified — not nationally approved
أبوكحلةLocal nameLocal name, verified — not nationally approved
أم القمرLocal nameLocal name, verified — not nationally approved
أبوطوقينLocal nameLocal name, verified — not nationally approved
بنت النوخذهLocal nameLocal name, verified — not nationally approved
أبو عقاصLocal nameLocal name, verified — not nationally approved
صمادةLocal nameLocal name, verified — not nationally approved
Local names — Saudi territorial waters, Arabian Gulf
فسكرLocal nameLocal name, verified — not nationally approved
بنت النوخذهLocal nameLocal name, verified — not nationally approved
National species code: 2002— Marine Research Centre, Jeddah
The national collection-form code is not a unique identifier; more than one taxon may carry the same value. The only stable identifier here is the HUWAT code.
Conservation
No governed conservation assessment is published for this taxon. The absence of a published assessment is not an assessment of low concern.
Distribution
The encyclopedia holds no published scientific distribution records for this taxon.
This section shows source-backed scientific distribution only. Community observations are not listed here and no scientific distribution is inferred from them.
Fishing and seasons
Abundance season, spawning season and legal closure are three separate things. Each line carries its kind of evidence, its region and its source; what is not documented is said to be undocumented.
Time of day
General handlining guidance from an FAO manual: the best times are usually early morning and late evening. It is general advice, not specific to this species and not backed by a Saudi study; the same manual advises also watching the current, the bottom and the presence of bait fish when choosing where to fish.General guidance — not species-specificGlobalSource
Handlining and squid jigging (FAO Training Series No. 23)
— Part I, section 8 "Deciding where and when to fish" (Moon and sun) · Scientifically documented States that, as a general rule, the best times for handlining are early in the morning and late in the evening; the right time also depends on the species and place.(our rendering of what the locator holds, not a quotation)
Bait
The KAUST news story (21 July 2022) names this species among the three common Red Sea sea breams near Thuwal. The angler says he caught both Acanthopagrus species, mostly A. berda, by bait fishing with shrimp and sometimes squid or bread, and a photo caption describes a fish of this species as caught by bait fishing with shrimp. The story gives no count for this species and no date, tide or time of day; it is an angler's account, not a comparative bait trial.Published angler experience — not a trialSaudi territorial waters, Red Sea · KAUST shoreline near ThuwalSource
The tale of Bev Bradley’s Bream and the VPR’s fish supper
— News story (species named as common; bait attributed to the angler’s catch) · Unconfirmed Names A. bifasciatus and Rhabdosargus haffara as common Red Sea species; the bait fishing is described for the angler’s catch, mostly A. berda.(our rendering of what the locator holds, not a quotation)
No published seasonal description specific to this species was found in the sources checked.
Spawning months for this species: not documented in the sources checked.
Best month for line fishing: no Saudi source checked ranks the months. Abundance season, spawning season and legal closure are three separate things.
Bait ranking: no Saudi comparative trial was found in the sources checked.
Taxa of the same family. That is a taxonomic relationship, not a statement of resemblance; the encyclopedia holds no diagnostic characters or lookalike relations yet.
Information not yet documented in this record
These fields are not yet documented for this taxon in the encyclopedia. Their absence describes the record, not the animal.
Habitat
Depth range
Maximum length
Maximum weight
Size at first maturity
Spawning period
Fishing season
Some of these fields do carry an unapproved draft value, shown with its source under “Information on this species” below. Their absence here means not approved, not absent.
Scientific sources
أسماك من المياه الإقليمية للمملكة في البحر الأحمر — مركز أبحاث الثروة السمكية، جـدة (2011).
ط١ ١٤٣٢هـ/٢٠١١م.
استمارة التجميع المرمزة للأسماء المحلية — مركز أبحاث الثروة السمكية.
Fishes from Territorial Saudi Red Sea Waters (2017).
الطبعة الثانية 1438 H - 2017.
Handlining and squid jigging (FAO Training Series No. 23) (1992).
ISBN 92-5-103100-2
The tale of Bev Bradley’s Bream and the VPR’s fish supper (2022).
The scientific sources above are the ones cited for the facts, names and identifiers on this page. The platform and founder attribution in the footer is not a scientific source. Community contributions appear with their names and review status. The verification shown beside a value means the register checked the value against its cited source; it is not a scientific approval and not an independent peer review.
