Texas Gulf Coast Fishing

Pigfish

PIGFISH - Orthopristis chrysoptera Family Haemulidae, GRUNTS

Description: gray, often with a bluish cast; many bronze to yellowish spots, dashes, and other small markings; mouth small, ending below front nostril.
Size: to 38 cm (15 in.).
Where found: bay and banks; not on reefs in water less than 60 ft.