Sheepshead porgy
| Sheepshead porgy | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Sparidae |
| Genus: | Calamus |
| Species: | C. penna
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| Binomial name | |
| Calamus penna (Valenciennes, 1830)
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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.
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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Categories:
- Calamus (fish)
- Fish of the Western Atlantic
- Fish described in 1830
- Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes
- Perciformes stubs