Species: Diplodus bermudensis, Bermuda Porgy

Diplodus bermudensis Caldwell, 1965
Bermuda Porgy
Body deep, oval, compressed; head small, deep, snout pointed; mouth small, opens at front, barely reaches to below front edge of eye; bone under front of eye overlaps rear bone of top jaw; both jaws with 6 strongly flattened, broad incisors at front, 3 rows of molar like teeth at sides; preopercle border smooth; 18-21 gill rakers; dorsal fin low, XII, 13-16, longest spine 40% of head length, 1st spine not pointing forwards; anal fin short, III short spines, 13-15 rays; pectoral long, much longer than pelvic; cheeks and opercles scaly, but no scales on snout or between the eye and mouth; 62-67 scales on lateral line.
Silvery, with 8-9 faint dark bars in small fish; a conspicuous black blotch larger than eye on upper part of tail base, which extends below lateral line, nearly to lower edge of tail base; opercular membrane blackish.
Reaches 32 cm.
Shallow clear coastal waters over rocky and coral bottoms.
Depth range: 0-25 m.
Known only from Bermuda.

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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Submerged vegetation
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Omnivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Benthic macroalgae/seagrasses
- Benthic microalgae
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Bermuda endemic
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- Island (s) only
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 32
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 25