Fish ID

Family Sparidae, PORGIES

Description: pale tan to silvery; dark olive above; dark bar across nape extends through eye to corner of mouth; dark blotches on body, in about 5 vertical and 4 horizontal series, suggesting interrupted bars and stripes; blotch near front of lateral line most prominent; dark V at base of caudal fin; lobes of caudal fin with dark bars.

Size: to 25 cm (10 in.).

Where Found: inshore seagrass beds. GRASS

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