Pagrus pagrus

Red porgy | Couch's Seabream | Porgy | Common Seabream
Pagrus pagrus
Pagrus pagrus, Banyuls, France, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Pagrus pagrus
Pagrus pagrus, Banyuls, France, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Pagrus pagrus
Pagrus pagrus, Banyuls, France, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Pagrus pagrus
Pagrus pagrus, Banyuls, France, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Pagrus pagrus
Pagrus pagrus, Chubut, Argentina, Photo: Graham Edgar
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Pagrus pagrus
Pagrus pagrus
Pagrus pagrus
Pagrus pagrus
Pagrus pagrus

Distribution

Mediterranean, Temperate South America, Temperate northern Atlantic, Tropical Atlantic/Caribbean


Description

Silvery-pink with a faint red line obliquely over eye, light blue highlights on scales, a row of iridescent blue spots between eyes and a small dark spot at rear base of dorsal fin. Juveniles usually found over seagrass beds.


Information

Max Size: 91 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 9.9-28.2°C

Depth: 0-250m

Habitat Generalization Index: N/A

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.


Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Endangered

Occurrence: Infrequent (8.4% of sites)

Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed

Abundance: Few (3 per transect)

Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.


Edit by: Joe Shields