Pagrus pagrus

Pagrus pagrus
    n 1: food fish of the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of
         Europe and America [syn: {red porgy}, {Pagrus pagrus}]
    

Porgy \Por"gy\, n.; pl. {Porgies}. [See {Paugie}.]
   1. (Zool.)
      (a) The scup.
      (b) The sailor's choice, or pinfish.
      (c) The margate fish.
      (d) The spadefish.
      (e) Any one of several species of embiotocoids, or surf
          fishes, of the Pacific coast. The name is also given
          locally to several other fishes, as the bur fish.
          [Written also {porgee}, {porgie}, and {paugy}.]
          [1913 Webster]

   2. (Zool.) Any one of numerous sparoid food fishes, as the
      jolthead porgy, the sheepshead porgy ({Calamus penna}) of
      the West Indies, the grass porgy ({Calamus arctifrons}) of
      Florida, and the red porgy ({Pagrus pagrus}) of Europe.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]