Sea bream

porgies, Sparidae

The sparidae are a family of fish in the order perciformes, commonly called sea breams and porgies. the sheepshead, scup, and red seabream are species in this family. most sparids are deep-bodied compressed fish with a small mouth separated by a broad space from the eye, a single dorsal fin with strong spines and soft rays, a short anal fin, long pointed pectoral fins and rather large firmly attached scales. they are found in shallow temperate and tropical waters and are bottom-dwelling carnivores. there are hermaphrodites in the sparidae. protogyny and protandry appear sporadically through this lineage of fish. simultaneous hermaphrodites and bi-directional hermaphrodites do not appear a...

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