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Porgy is the common name in Australia for any fish which belongs to the family Sparidae. They are also called bream . Porgies live in shallow temperate marine waters and are bottom-dwelling carnivores.
Calamus arctifrons, the grass porgy, is a fish species belonging to the family Sparidae, widely recognized for its association with reef environments and its distinct ecological and recreational importance.
Diplodus argenteus, the silver porgy, is an ocean-going species of sparid fish (seabream/porgies). It is also called the South American silver porgy [ 1 ] and the white bream in Uruguay , plus the silver seabream and the sargo , though the latter three names are also used for other fish species as well.
Calamus was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1839 by the English zoologist William Swainson when he described Calamus megacephalus as its only species. [3] The type locality of C. megacephalus was given as Martinique, it was later found to be a junior synonym of Pagellus calamus, described by Achille Valenciennes in 1830. [4]
Lagodon is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies.The only species in the genus is Lagodon rhomboides, the pinfish, red porgy, bream, pin perch, sand perch, butterfish or sailor's choice.
There is a species of fish that can cause hallucinations when eaten. Called the Salema porgy, the yellow-striped sea bream is informally known as the dreamfish for this reason.
The jolthead porgy (Calamus bajonado) is an ocean-going species of fish in the family Sparidae. In Bermuda , it is known as the blue bone porgy , [ 2 ] in the United States, it is also known by the Spanish name bojanado , in Jamaica , it is one of the species known by the name, porgi grunt .
Acanthopagrus schlegelii, the blackhead seabream, black porgy or black seabream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, the ...