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Prefectural Natural Monument
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Blackhead Seabream

Acanthopagrus schlegelii

A sea bream with a grayish-black body that lives on coastal reefs and in estuaries. It is omnivorous, eating shellfish, crabs, seaweed and more. Off Kido in Kamogawa, Chiba, the schools of black sea bream living in these waters were designated a Chiba Prefecture Natural Monument as "Myojin-no-Tai" in 1935, to protect them and allow people to watch them.

Scientific name
Acanthopagrus schlegelii
Group
Fish
Prefectures
Chiba
日本語
クロダイ
简体中文
黑棘鲷

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The Blackhead Seabream (Acanthopagrus schlegelii) is protected as a Natural Monument of Japan (1 designation). A sea bream with a grayish-black body…

The Blackhead Seabream is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Chiba.

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