Fish ID

Family Sparidae, PORGIES

Description: similar to the knobbed porgy, but snout and cheek bluish gray, with many wavy, dark blue lines; areas between lines sometimes brassy; each scale on upper body has a dark bluish line through the center; these lines unite to form a narrow line along each scale row.

Size: to 46 cm (18 in.).

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