Biology:Sheepshead porgy

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Sheepshead porgy
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Spariformes
Family: Sparidae
Genus: Calamus
Species:
C. penna
Binomial name
Calamus penna
(Valenciennes, 1830)

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 Bay in Brooklyn is named after this fish.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q969159 entry