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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Spariformes |
| Family: | Sparidae |
| Genus: | Lithognathus |
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L. lithognathus
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| Lithognathus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829) | |
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| White steenbras distribution
Extant (resident)
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The white steenbras (Lithognathus lithognathus) is a species of fish in the family Sparidae[2] endemictoSouth Africa.[1] Due to overfishing, primarily by seine netting operationsinFalse Bay, the white steenbras is now endangered and is about to become a 'no keep' species in South Africa. Massive breeding shoals are illegally wiped out by beach seine netters each year,[3] with the authorities doing little to prevent this.[4] The species was identified as a priority for research, management and conservation in a National Linefish Status Report.[5]
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