Porkfish

Blue sketch illustration of Porkfish
Kosher
Has fins and scales
Fins Yes
Scales Yes
Description

Porkfish is a minor commercial catch taken by several methods, and it also turns up in the aquarium trade.

Porkfish live on reefs and rocky bottoms in shallow inshore water at about 2 to 20 m, while juveniles use seagrass beds. They range through the western Atlantic from northeastern Florida south to the Bahamas, into the Gulf of Mexico, and throughout the Caribbean to Brazil, and have been introduced to Bermuda.

Also known as

  • Atlantic Porkfish
  • Sweetlips
  • Paragrate Grunt
Warnings & Kosher Issues
  • Porkfish is a grunt with fins and scales, so it is kosher.