There are lots of fun facts about the porgie. Did you known that?

• Porgie, also known as bream, is the common name for the Sparidae family of fish. The family has 125 species including the sheepshead, scup, Southern black bream, dentex and gilt-head bream.
• Porgies have large, flat, oval bodies. Most species have rows of molar-like teeth that they use to grind their food.
• Several members of the Sparidae family are protandrous (born male and change to female) hermaphrodites (born with both male and female sex organs).
• Porgies are primarily a carnivore. They feeds mainly on small fish and crustaceans. Some species, however, are omnivores meaning they eat both plants and animals.
• Porgies are found in shallow, temperate and tropical waters from Texas to Australia. They live at depths between 30 and 150 m. They are bottom-dwellers and inhabit seagrass beds as well as sandy sea bottoms.
• Porgies are a popular game fish. They are a fun fish to catch because they put up a tremendous fight.
• Porgies are a good eating fish. The gilt-head bream, called a dorada in Spain and orata in Italy, is considered by many to be the tastiest species.