WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Pinfish

Lagodon rhomboides

Also known as: Bream, Butterfish, Pin Perch, Red Porgie, Saltwater Bream, Sand Perch, Seabream, Sailors Choice

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2014
Adult
@Oksaw · Nowhere special, United States · October 20151 / 1
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Overview

Found singly or in large schools, in both brackish and freshwaters, over mangrove areas and rocky bottoms rich in vegetation.

Porgies are found in tropical as well as cooler waters and are bottom-dwelling carnivores. Most species possess grinding, molar-like teeth for eating crustaceans.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
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Found singly or in large schools, in both brackish and freshwaters, over mangrove areas and rocky bottoms rich in vegetation.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familySparidae
    6. genusLagodon
    7. speciesLagodon rhomboides (Linnaeus, 1766)

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    More in the family

    Porgies (Sparidae)