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Grass Porgy

Calamus arctifrons

Classification

Family
Sparidae

The grass porgy (Calamus arctifrons) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Sparidae. It is endemic to the northeastern Gulf of Mexico and occurs in shallow coastal waters in seagrass beds. Taxonomy Calamus arctifrons was first described by George Brown Goode and Tarleton Hoffman Bean in 1882.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 49Mexico · 1