Credit: Illustration by Diane Rome Peebles
Family Sparidae
Description: body deep; front profile very steep; nape projects strongly
in large adults; body generally silvery, with a rosy cast; cheek and snout dark
purplish gray, with many bronze spots; large blut spot at axil of pectoral
fin
Size: to 46 centimeters
Where found: hardbottom,
reefs, ledges
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