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Haffara seabream

Rhabdosargus haffara (Forsskål, 1775)

Status not recordedbony fish

The haffara seabream (Rhabdosargus haffara) is a species in the family Sparidae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the haffara seabream

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the haffara seabream live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the haffara seabream as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Egypt
  2. Israel
  3. Syria

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the haffara seabream endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the haffara seabream classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familySparidae
  6. genusRhabdosargus
  7. SpeciesRhabdosargus haffara (Forsskål, 1775)

Synonyms Pagrus haffara, Sparus haffara

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • mořan hafarskýCzech
  • Sargo HafaráSpanish
  • juovasargiFinnish
  • Sar haffaraFrench
  • Sargo-haffaraPortuguese
  • Аравийский карасьRussian
  • 紅海平鯛Chinese
  • Sargue HaffaraFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the haffara seabream

Other species in the same genus Rhabdosargus.

Tarwhine

Rhabdosargus sarba

SparidaeNo free photo yet

Stumpnose

Rhabdosargus globiceps

SparidaeNo free photo yet

CompareHaffara seabream vs TarwhineHaffara seabream vs Cape stumpnoseHaffara seabream vs StumpnoseHaffara seabream vs Bigeye stumpnose

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the haffara seabream an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the haffara seabream as introduced in 3 countries: Egypt, Israel and Syria, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the haffara seabream?

The haffara seabream (Rhabdosargus haffara) belongs to the family Sparidae in the order Perciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Haffara seabream (Rhabdosargus haffara). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/haffara-seabream

MLA

“Haffara seabream (Rhabdosargus haffara).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/haffara-seabream.

BibTeX
@misc{haffara_seabream_2026,
  title = {Haffara seabream (Rhabdosargus haffara)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/haffara-seabream},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}