Scientific Name
Anisotremus virginicus
Common Name
Porkfish
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 12;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 16-18;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 9. Body striped yellow and silvery blue; fins yellow, 2 black bars: one from nape through eye to mouth, another from origin of dorsal fin to base of pectoral fin. Only grunt fish in the Caribbean with two vertical black bars and yellow stripes. (Ref. 26938).