| Common name | Silver porgy |
| Language | English |
| Type | FAO old |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 4 - (Less common name) |
| Country | Global |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez, 1992 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | primary lexeme |
| 1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'porgy' alteration of 'pargo', from Spanish & Portuguese, from Latin 'phager', from Greek 'phagros' (Ref. 27888), i.e., seabream or braize Pagrus vulgaris (Ref. 27838). Name not listed in ASFIS version 2006 (Ref. 56807). |