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September to December
18 cm
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The Red Porgy belongs to the Sparidae family. The Red porgy can reach a maximum of 80 cm. The size of the individuals visible in diving is rather 15 to 40 cm. it has a lifespan of 18 years. They breed from April to June. It can be fished from September to December.
Like most Sparidaes, the red porgy has a high body with compressed sides. It is a silvery fish with pink reflections, more or less dark, on the back. The sides are sometimes decorated with blue dots. In juveniles, the back may be marked with thick red transverse bands at night. There is also a dark area between the eyes, as well as vertically under the eye. Fins have thorny rays. The dorsal fin, very long, can be folded into a furrow; the pectoral fins have a dark spot at their base; the pelvic fins are straight against the pectoral fins; the anal fin has 7 to 9 rays and 3 spines. The caudal fin, dark pink in color, is indented with tips lined with bluish white. All fins can have more or less blue reflections. The head has an inclined and convex profile, with a curved forehead at eye level. The muzzle is short and rounded. The jaws, equipped with large caniniform teeth (4 at the top and 6 at the bottom), followed by smaller teeth, are very powerful. The scales are ctenoid.
The Red Porgy lifestyle
The red porgy is a carnivorous fish, which feeds mainly on crustaceans (shrimp, crab...), and bivalve or cephalopod mollusks. The red porgy is not a fish hunter like the toothed one, and hunts other fish incidentally. Indeed, when a fish has a jaw adapted to crush shells or shells, it is not adapted to hunt fish. Algae are not part of the dipper's diet, even if they are accidentally swallowed by feeding on the bottom.
It is a hermaphroditic protogyne species (first female then male), whose sexual maturity is reached around 3 years (about 24 cm). Breeding occurs from April to June, when adults move up from deep waters. Eggs 1 mm in diameter develop in open water. Juveniles approach the coasts from a size of 1.5 cm.
The Red Porgy habitat
The Red porgy lives on sandy bottoms, rocky areas, or rocks covered with algae or near vertical walls. It is found between 5 and 250 m deep. Young people are more likely to live in shallow beds, where they find refuge and food. Lonely, the red porgy likes to live close to the coast during hot periods. In the fall, he returns to explore the deep offshore areas. In general, large specimens remain in these depths.
It can be found in the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Atlantic.
The Red Porgy angling
This fish, which lives quite deep, is generally caught by trawlers.
