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Common Pandora

Pagellus erythrinus

Also known as: King-of-the-Breams, Pandora, Red pandora, Sea Bream, Spanish Seabream

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2014
Adult
@SailingBenH · ES, Spain · November 20151 / 3
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Overview

Found over shallow, gravel, mud, rock, and sandy bottoms, of inshore waters during the summer, moving to deeper waters during the winter.

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 · Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean
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Found over shallow, gravel, mud, rock, and sandy bottoms, of inshore waters during the summer, moving to deeper waters during the winter.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familySparidae
    6. genusPagellus
    7. speciesPagellus erythrinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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    More in the family

    Porgies (Sparidae)