Porkfish
Anisotremus virginicus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,786
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Anisotremus virginicus, the porkfish, also known as the Atlantic porkfish, sweetlips, dogfish, or paragrate grunt, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grunt belonging to the family Haemulidae. It is native to the western Atlantic Ocean.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Anisotremus virginicus”.