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Rock bream

Oplegnathus fasciatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)

Status not recordedbony fish

The rock bream (Oplegnathus fasciatus) is a species in the family Oplegnathidae, order Centrarchiformes.

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Quick facts about the rock bream

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 rock bream live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. Croatia
  2. Italy
  3. Malta

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 rock bream 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 rock bream classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCentrarchiformes
  5. familyOplegnathidae
  6. genusOplegnathus
  7. SpeciesOplegnathus fasciatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)

Synonyms Hoplegnathus fasciatus, Hoplognathus fasciatus, Scaradon fasciatus

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Barred knifejawEnglish
  • Japanese parrot fishEnglish
  • Striped beakfishEnglish
  • Striped beakperchEnglish
  • Striped oplegnathidEnglish
  • hranozub pruhovanýCzech
  • Pez perico rayadoSpanish
  • イシダイJapanese
  • 돌돔Korean
  • Perca-papagaio-listradaPortuguese
  • Полосатый оплегнатRussian
  • 黑嘴Chinese
  • 條石鯛Chinese
  • 海膽鯛Chinese
  • 硬殼仔Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the rock bream

Other species in the same genus Oplegnathus.

Parrotfish

Oplegnathus conwayi

OplegnathidaeNo free photo yet

Conway

Oplegnathus woodwardi

OplegnathidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the rock bream an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the rock bream as introduced in 3 countries: Croatia, Italy and Malta, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the rock bream?

The rock bream (Oplegnathus fasciatus) belongs to the family Oplegnathidae in the order Centrarchiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Rock bream (Oplegnathus fasciatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/rock-bream

MLA

“Rock bream (Oplegnathus fasciatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/rock-bream.

BibTeX
@misc{rock_bream_2026,
  title = {Rock bream (Oplegnathus fasciatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rock-bream},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}