Sheepshead porgy
| Sheepshead porgy | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Spariformes |
| 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. Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn is named after this fish.
External links
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2008). "Calamus penna" in FishBase. 10 2008 version.
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