WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Red Porgy

Pagrus pagrus

Also known as: Common Seabream, Couch's Seabream, Seabream

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2014
Adult
@tllyjst · pensacola, fl, United States · January 20201 / 2
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Overview

Found over rock, rubble, sand, and seagrass bottoms, from shallow, too much greater depths, of the continental shelf.

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, Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean
  • Country only · 2
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Found over rock, rubble, sand, and seagrass bottoms, from shallow, too much greater depths, of the continental shelf.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familySparidae
    6. genusPagrus
    7. speciesPagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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    More in the family

    Porgies (Sparidae)