Long Spined Snapper
by Amy E Fraser
Title
Long Spined Snapper
Artist
Amy E Fraser
Medium
Painting - Oil Pastel On Paper
Description
The Long Spined Snapper by Amy E. Fraser. This is an expressive ocean fish portrait in shades of red, pink, white and gold with large golden eyes and humorous crooked teeth complimented with a teal green textural background.
Argyrops spinifer is also known as Long Spined Snapper, King Soldier Bream, Red Seabream, Bowen Snapper, Long Spined Red Bream, Longfin Snapper, Longspine Seabream and Red Bokako. It is a species of fish in the family Sparidae. The Sparidae are a family of fish in the order Perciformes, commonly called sea breams and porgies. The sheepshead, scup, and red seabream are species in this family. Most sparids are deep-bodied compressed fish with a small mouth separated by a broad space from the eye, a single dorsal fin with strong spines and soft rays, a short anal fin, long pointed pectoral fins and rather large firmly attached scales. They are found in shallow temperate and tropical waters and are bottom-dwelling carnivores. The Long Spined Snapper is a fish with a moderately deep body, a rounded snout and large eyes which have a diameter greater than the length of the snout. It has small sharp teeth and larger, flatter teeth set into the sides of the jaws. It has a long dorsal fin which has 12 spines in the anterior portion and 12 to 13 branched rays in the posterior portion. The shorter anal fin has 3 spines and 12 to 13 branched rays. The pectoral fins are relatively long and are pointed at their tips. The back and upper flanks are reddish in color and the lower part of the body is silvery with a pinkish tinge. Seabream is largely found in the waters of the eastern North Atlantic from Norway south to Cape Blanc in Mauritania, its range extends into the western Mediterranean as far as the Strait of Sicily and the Adriatic. It is also found around the Canary Islands and the Azores and has been recorded off Iceland.
Amy E. Fraser’s Oil Pastel Animal Portrait series is an impassioned tribute to the beauty and magic of our beloved Animal Kingdom. Fun, gestural and energetic, these vibrant animals are painted in a stylized realism that is imbued with distinctive character and personality.
The Long Spined Snapper by Amy E. Fraser. Animal Portrait Paintings created from the artist’s intense connection to and love for all creatures great and small. Oil Pastel on archival paper. All images copyright Amy E. Fraser. All rights reserved.
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February 3rd, 2023
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