Species profile
Red Porgy
Pagrus pagrus
At a glance
Red Porgy (Pagrus pagrus) is an IUCN Least Concern bony-fish species regulated in 3 of 66 jurisdictions tracked by CatchRules across the U.S. and Canada.
The strictest bag limit is 1 (Florida); the most generous is 3 (Florida).
Confirmed by 12 research-grade iNaturalist observations, concentrated in Florida.
Notable details
- Protogynous hermaphrodites — most individuals are born female and can later transition to male.
- Can live up to 15 years and reach 35 inches in length.
- Found on rocky reefs and hard bottoms at depths ranging from about 10 to 250 meters.
- Ranges across the Atlantic from New York to Argentina and is also common in the Mediterranean Sea.
- A prized food fish with firm white flesh, popular in both commercial and recreational fisheries.
Where Red Porgy are seen
Jurisdictions with rules for Red Porgy
Background
The red porgy (Pagrus pagrus), or common seabream, is a species of fish in the family Sparidae. It is found in a wide variety of locations that range from Europe to the Caribbean. Also known along the Gulf Coast as White Snapper, even though it is not a true Snapper. In the UK it is known as Couch's Sea Bream after the Cornish ichthyologist Dr. Jonathan Couch who first discovered this species in…
Background excerpt adapted from Wikipedia's Red Porgy article (CC BY-SA). Visit Wikipedia for the full entry.
Other bony fish on CatchRules
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