Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Pagrus: Greek, pagros = a fish, Dentex, sp. (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Temminck & Schlegel.

Marine; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 10 - 200 m (Ref. 41299); subtropical; 34°N - 15°N -.

Northwest Pacific: northeastern part of South China Sea (Philippines excluded) northward to Japan.

Maturity: L_m 34.3, range ? - ? cm
Max length: 100 cm SL male/unsexed (Ref. 559); common length: 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed (Ref. 2115); max. published weight: 9.7 kg (Ref. 40637); max. reported age: 26 years (Ref. 56606).

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. Body with many bluish dots when fresh. Shallow body, body depth 2 or more in SL. Transverse scales 6.5-7.5. All spines of dorsal fin tough and not elongated. Posterior margin of caudal fin black, lower margin white (Ref. 42199).

Occurs from 10 to 50 m depths, often on rough grounds, but also on softer bottoms. Also inhabits reefs (Ref. 9988). Adults migrate into shallower parts of their depth range to spawn in late spring and summer; juveniles occur mainly in the shallower areas. It is a popular food fish throughout its range. It is high-priced in Japan and used in various occasions such as wedding and festival. Feeds on benthic invertebrates, including echinoderms, worms, mollusks and crustaceans; also on fishes. Marketed live, fresh and frozen; eaten steamed, pan-fried, broiled, boiled and baked (Ref. 9988). Cultivated in cages (Ref. 9988). Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166).

Conflicting descriptions of the reproductive style of this species have been reported, e.g., Ref. 34228describe this species as being a gonochorist (Ref. 28504). After clarificatory analyses on the protogynous characteristics of this species, gonochorism is confirmed (Ref. 103751).

Eggleston, D. 1974 Sparidae. In W. Fischer and P.J.P. Whitehead (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 57) and Western Central Pacific (Fishing Area 71), Volume 4. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 2115)

  Least Concern (LC); date assessed: December 03 2009

Not Evaluated

Not Evaluated

  Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 17 - 24.4, mean 21.8 °C (based on 143 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01288 (0.01141 - 0.01455), b=3.03 (3.00 - 3.06), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.5 ±0.7 se; Based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Prior r = 0.22, 95% CL = 0.15 - 0.33, Based on 1 full stock assessment.

Fishing vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (58 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): High; Questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this genus.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 48.2 [26.4, 91.9] mg/100g; Iron = 1.48 [0.51, 3.85] mg/100g; Protein = 20.6 [18.9, 22.2] %; Omega3 = 0.328 [0.152, 0.664] g/100g; Selenium = 33.6 [15.5, 66.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 13.5 [4.1, 42.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.433 [0.220, 0.895] mg/100g (wet weight);