Spottail pinfish

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.

Spottail pinfish
A spottail pinfish after caught by an angler
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Spariformes
Family: Sparidae
Genus: Diplodus
Species:
D. holbrookii
Binomial name
Diplodus holbrookii
(Bean, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Sargus holbrookii (Bean, 1878)
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