Japanese large-eye bream
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The Japanese large-eye bream has rounded tail-fin lobes.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Japanese large-eye bream
- Scientific name
- Gymnocranius euanus
- Japanese name
- シロダイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Spariformes
- Family
- Lethrinidae
- Genus
- Gymnocranius
Where the name “Japanese large-eye bream” comes from
The scientific name euanus refers to Eua Island in Tonga, where the type specimen came from.
Museums VictoriaA member of the meichidai (large-eye bream) group that lives in the western Pacific from Kagoshima and the Ryukyu Islands southward.
The upper and lower edges of its tail fin are white, and many have lots of small dark spots on the body.
How the Japanese large-eye bream lives
It lives on open sandy or rubble bottoms beside coral reefs. It feeds mainly on small sea snails.
Museums VictoriaBasic data
- Range
- South from Kagoshima Prefecture and the Ryukyu Islands, and the western Pacific
Where the Japanese large-eye bream has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- シロダイ
- 简体中文
- 真裸顶鲷
- 繁體中文
- 真白鱲
- Français
- Bossu blanc à points noirs
- Português (Brasil)
- Imperador-japonês
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — シロダイChecked: 2026-11-04
- Museums Victoria — Paddletail Seabream, Gymnocranius euanus (Günther 1879)Checked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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