Porgy
Pagrus pagrus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Sparidae
- Genus
- Pagrus
Where to Find
Found in 22 diving areas across 17 countries and 3 regions.
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 5 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 2 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 6 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 4 records
- Larnaca, Cyprus - 1 records
- Paphos & Coral Bay, Cyprus - 1 records
- Corsica, France - 6 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 2 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 1 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 2 records
- Malta Island, Malta - 1 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 8 records
- Azores, Portugal - 195 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 39 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 46 records
- Canary Islands, Spain - 63 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 8 records
- Bodrum, Turkey - 1 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 18 records
- Mar del Plata, Argentina - 3 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 2 records