Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Pacific Porgy being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Calamus penna
- Stenotomus chrysops
- Pagrus major
- Chrysophrys auratus
- Calamus proridens
- Nemadactylus douglasii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Sparidae
- Genus
- Calamus
- Species
- Calamus brachysomus
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