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Pigfish

Orthopristis chrysoptera

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 542, February 519, March 589, April 1,118, May 685, June 333, July 299, August 309, September 367, October 391, November 509, December 493.
United States12,779
Texas6,153
Alabama1,180
North Carolina788
Virginia354
Mississippi201
Maryland101
South Carolina88
Louisiana81
Georgia67

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderButterflyfishes, Angelfishes, and Allies · Acanthuriformes
FamilyGrunts · Haemulidae
GenusOrthopristis

Sources

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