Chrysophrys bilobata; Print; Australasian snapper; The Australasian snapper (Pagrus auratus) or silver seabream; is a species of porgie found in coastal waters of Australia; Philippines; Indonesia; China; Taiwan; Japan and New Zealand. Its distribution areas in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres are disjunct.Although it is almost universally known in Australia and New Zealand as snapper; it does not belong to the Lutjanidae family of snappers. It is highly prized as an eating fish.; 1700-1880