372 White Grunt, Northern Porgy 



White Grunt 

 Haemulon plumieri (Lacepede) 



The White Grunt is a West Indian species occurring only 

 as a straggler north of South Carolina. 



Northern Porgy 

 Stenotomus chrysops (Linnaeus) 



Color: Silver-blue above; iridescent silvery below. Young 

 have about 6 dusky, indistinct, vertical bars. 

 Distribution: North Carolina to Cape Cod and occasionally 

 to Maine. 



Size: Grows to a length of 18 inches and a weight of 4 

 pounds. 



General Information: The Northern Porgy is a very abun- 

 dant species in the Middle Atlantic region, where it is 

 found in large schools usually over sandy bottoms. In the 

 spring the adults come close to shore, often into the pro- 

 tected waters of deeper bays, to spawn. The eggs float. By 

 the end of the first summer the young are about 4 inches 

 long. During the winter the Northern Porgy moves offshore 

 and to the south off the coasts of Virginia and North 



