Whitebone Porgy

The body of the whitebone porgy is silvery overall, with regular brown markings of varying intensity on the sides, more like splotches than spots. Brown markings also occur on the fins, and occationally the sides bear brown crossbars. The species can be distinguished from two other frequently caught deepwater porgies, the red porgy, Pagrus pagrus, andknobbed porgy, Calamus nodosus