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.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Musselcracker Seabream being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Acanthopagrus butcheri
- Embiotoca lateralis
- Pachymetopon blochii
- Pomadasys incisus
- Acanthopagrus schlegelii
- Haemulon flaviguttatum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Sparidae
- Genus
- Sparodon
- Species
- Sparodon durbanensis
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