The red porgy

red porgy

Scientific name	Pagrus pagrus
Descriptor	Linnaeus
Year of description	1758
IUCN category (World)	LC
Family	Sparidae
Genus	Pagrus

Introduction

Pagrus pagrus, commonly known as red porgy, is a salt water fish.

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Who is it?

Morphology

Type

breams and bass
Average size

35 cm
Maximum size

91 cm
Shape

Rectangular

Type

breams and bass
Average size

35 cm
Maximum size

91 cm
Shape

Rectangular

How to recognize This fish ?

The red porgy measures between 35 and 91 cm. This fish is bicolore with a predominantly argent and rose body.

Behaviour & Life cycle

diet

carnivorous
Sociability

solitary
territorial

No
Way of living

diurnal

The red porgy is a fish solitary naturally found near the bottom. This species is carnivorous .

n general, this species does not care much about other animals crossing its path.

Reproduction

Reproduction

ovovivipare

The red porgy is a fish ovovivipare.

Harmless species

This species does not represent any particular threats to humans when encountered in its natural environment.

Origin and distribution

Origin

Gulf of Mexico Caribbean Sea Mediterranean Sea Atlantic Ocean: North Coast of Brazil Temperate Eastern Atlantic Ocean Eastern Cold Atlantic Ocean Gough Island Saint Helena Cold temperate Northwest Atlantic Ocean Northwest warm temperate Atlantic Ocean Southwest warm temperate Atlantic Ocean Eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean Southwest Tropical Atlantic Ocean

islands

Corsica Canary Islands Sardinia Sicily

Conservation status of populations (IUCN)

World : LC

Where to see this species?

What is its habitat?

Natural environment characteristics

Temperature

12 - 25 °C
Depth

10 - 250 m
Environment

Active pelagic

Biotope presentation

The red porgy is most often found at a depth between 10m and 250m. However, it is not impossible to find this species at other depths.

Species of the same biotope

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Sources & Contributions

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Bibliographic references

Age and Growth of Red Porgy, Pagrus pagrus from the Island of Gökçeada, North Aegean Sea - Hakan Ayyıldız - Aytaç Altın - Bayram Kızılkaya - Istanbul UNIVERSITY Press - 2002.

Extension of the distributional range of the silver porgy, Diplodus argenteus (Valenciennes 1830), and the red porgy, Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus 1758) (Sparidae) in northern Patagonia, south-western Atlantic - D. E. Galva´n - L. A. Venerus - A. J. Irigoyen - A. M. Parma - A. E. Gosztonyi - J. Appl. Ichthyol. - 2005.

Morphological study of Pagrus pagrus, Pagellus bogaraveo, and Dentex dentex (Sparidae) in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea - Jorge Palma - Jose Pedro Andrade - Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK - 2004.