spottail pinfish

Diplodus holbrookii

Forty Six Centimeters Seabream from Western Atlantic

Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
Medium
Tropical fish

The spottail pinfish (Diplodus holbrookii) is an ocean-going species of fish in the family Sparidae. It is also known as the spottail seabream or spottail pinkish porgy. Along with other members of their family, spottail pinfish are occasionally eaten and considered by some to be a panfish.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Sparidae
Genus: Diplodus