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Tarwhine

Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskål, 1775)

Status not recordedbony fish

The tarwhine (Rhabdosargus sarba) is a species in the family Sparidae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the tarwhine

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 tarwhine live?

Not recorded

Is the tarwhine 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 tarwhine classified?

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

Synonyms Austrosparus sarba, Chrysophrys aries, Chrysophrys chrysargyra, Chrysophrys natalensis, Chrysophrys sarba, Diplodus auriventris, Diplodus sarba, Rhabdosargus auriventris, Rhadosarga sarda, Roughleyia tarwhine, Sargus auriventris, Sparus aries, Sparus bufonites, Sparus natalensis, Sparus psittacus, Sparus sarba

Other names and names in other languages (27)
  • Gold-line sea breamEnglish
  • Goldlined seabreamEnglish
  • Goldlined-seabermEnglish
  • Goldloned seabreamEnglish
  • Natal stumpnoseEnglish
  • Silver breamEnglish
  • Silver sea breamEnglish
  • Tropical stumpnoseEnglish
  • Yellowfin breamEnglish
  • Natalse StompneusAfrikaans
  • mořan žlutoploutvýCzech
  • Guldlinjet havrudeDanish
  • TeerweineGerman
  • Sargo DoradoSpanish
  • Brème de merFrench
  • ヘダイJapanese
  • 청돔Korean
  • Sargo-de-NatalPortuguese
  • Желтопёрый тупорылRussian
  • 枋頭Chinese
  • GelbflossenbrasseGerman
  • Gueule pavéeFrench
  • Sargue doréFrench
  • Sargo-de-Kwazulu-NatalPortuguese
  • 平鯛Chinese
  • 平鲷Chinese
  • 黃錫鯛Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tarwhine

Other species in the same genus Rhabdosargus.

Stumpnose

Rhabdosargus globiceps

SparidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the tarwhine?

The tarwhine (Rhabdosargus sarba) 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). Tarwhine (Rhabdosargus sarba). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tarwhine

MLA

“Tarwhine (Rhabdosargus sarba).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tarwhine.

BibTeX
@misc{tarwhine_2026,
  title = {Tarwhine (Rhabdosargus sarba)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tarwhine},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}