Threadfin porgy

Characteristics

  • Often recorded singly.
  • Maximum age is around 30 years old.
  • Matures at around 7 years old. Most females also reported to mature at about 12 cm (Standard Length).
  • In Hong Kong, breeding season is between November and March.

Description

  • Body pinkish dorsally and silvery ventrally.
  • Closely packed blue spots lined up to form several horizontal stripes on each side of the body.
  • First two spines on dorsal fin are long and filamentous. Similar in appearance to the Whipfin silver-biddy, but differs by having two elongated filaments, instead of only one.

Common Name: Threadfin porgy

Family Common Name: Porgies

Family: Sparidae

Scientific Name: Evynnis cardinalis___(Lacepède, 1802)

Genus: Evynnis

Maximum Length: 40 cm (Total Length)

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未評估
Not Evaluated (ne)
數據缺乏
Data Deficient (dd)
無危
Least Concern (lc)
近危
Near Threatened (nt)
易危
Vulnerable (vu)
瀕危
Endangered (en)
極危
Critically Endangered (cr)
絕滅
Extinct (ex)
Threadfin porgy