Sheepshead porgy
| Sheepshead porgy | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Sparidae |
| Genus: | Calamus |
| Species: | C. penna |
| Binomial name | |
| Calamus penna (Valenciennes, 1830) | |
Sheepshead porgy (Calamus penna) is a species of fish of the porgy family, Sparidae, only found in the Atlantic Ocean. Its teeth are like a sheep's. It is only distantly related with the California Sheephead of the Pacific Ocean. Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn is named after this fish.
External links
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Calamus penna" in FishBase. 10 2008 version.
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