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Yellowback seabream

Dentex hypselosomus Bleeker, 1854

Status not recordedbony fish

The yellowback seabream (Dentex hypselosomus) is a species in the family Sparidae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the yellowback 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 yellowback seabream live?

Not recorded

Is the yellowback 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 yellowback seabream classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familySparidae
  6. genusDentex
  7. SpeciesDentex hypselosomus Bleeker, 1854

Synonyms Dentex hypselosoma, Synagris hypselosoma

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • キダイ/レンコダイJapanese
  • Sargo-de-dorso-amareloPortuguese
  • 赤章Chinese
  • キダイJapanese
  • レンコダイJapanese
  • 赤鯮Chinese
  • 黄背牙鯛Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the yellowback seabream

Other species in the same genus Dentex.

Porgy

Dentex gibbosus

SparidaeNo free photo yet

Reds

Dentex macrophthalmus

SparidaeNo free photo yet

CompareYellowback seabream vs Common dentexYellowback seabream vs PorgyYellowback seabream vs RedsYellowback seabream vs Morocco dentex

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the yellowback seabream?

The yellowback seabream (Dentex hypselosomus) belongs to the family Sparidae in the order Perciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Yellowback seabream (Dentex hypselosomus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellowback-seabream

MLA

“Yellowback seabream (Dentex hypselosomus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellowback-seabream.

BibTeX
@misc{yellowback_seabream_2026,
  title = {Yellowback seabream (Dentex hypselosomus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellowback-seabream},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}