Jolthead Porgy

Credit: Illustration by Diane Rome Peebles

Family Sparidae

Description: generally silvery to brassy, with a bluish cast; front of head brown, with blue line along lower rim of eye; a whitish stripe below eye, and another between eye and mouth; corner of mouth orange

Size: to 60 centimeters (2 feet) and 3.6 kilograms (8 pounds)

Where found: coastal waters to 45 meters (150 feet)