Pacific Porgy
Calamus brachysomus
Also known as: Porgy Grunt, Shad Porgy
- Porgy Grunt
- Shad Porgy
Overview
Found singly or in schools, over mixed rock and sand bottoms of bays and reef flats.
Juveniles in very shallow waters.
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.
How to identify
- Behaviour
- bottom dwellingschoolingsolitary
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Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Eastern Pacific
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Found singly or in schools, over mixed rock and sand bottoms of bays and reef flats.
Adult photos 1
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