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title: "Pinfish"
description: "Lagodon rhomboides — Fische. Lagodon is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/pinfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pinfish

> Lagodon rhomboides — Fische. Lagodon is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies.

- Scientific name: *Lagodon rhomboides*
- Category: `fish` (Fische)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 7704
- Wikidata: [Q1870535](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1870535)
- iNaturalist taxon: [132473](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/132473)

## Names

- en: Pinfish
- es: Xlavitia
- fr: Sar salème

## Countries with the most observations

US (7264), MX (40), BM (23)

## Summary

Lagodon is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. The only species in the genus is Lagodon rhomboides, the pinfish, red porgy, bream, pin perch, sand perch, butterfish or sailor's choice. This fish is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagodon

## Photo

![Pinfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pinfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alan Jeon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104853285

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pinfish?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).