Sheepshead porgy
The sheepshead porgy (Calamus penna) is a species of fish of the porgy family, Sparidae, only found in the Atlantic Ocean. It is only distantly related to the California sheephead of the Pacific Ocean.
| Sheepshead porgy | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Spariformes |
| Family: | Sparidae |
| Genus: | Calamus |
| Species: | C. penna |
| Binomial name | |
| Calamus penna (Valenciennes, 1830) | |
External links
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2008). "Calamus penna" in FishBase. 10 2008 version.
- Photos of Sheepshead porgy on Sealife Collection
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