Author: Smith, 1962
FBname: West coast seabream
Comments: Found inshore over sandy bottoms.  Feeds on sand mussels, worms and crabs.  Protandrous (Ref. 4332), but some specimens with both male and female gonads well-developed at the same time (Ref. 3198).  Commonly fished between October and March (Ref. 36731).  A popular angling fish and an important food fish.