Range and natural history
It is chiefly associated with sedimentary bottoms at roughly 10–100 meters. FishBase gives a commonly reported length of about 30 centimeters and a maximum recorded total length of 46 centimeters. The deeper body form is characteristic of the porgy setting, but is not enough by itself to identify the species.
Some individuals change sex from female to male. The cited account places that transition mainly at fork lengths of 18–25 centimeters. Fork length and total length measure different endpoints, so those figures should not be compared as though they used the same measurement.
Sources: Calamus leucosteus species summary
