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Whitebone Porgy

Calamus leucosteus

Classification

Family
Sparidae

Calamus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sparidae, the seabreams and porgies. Most of the species in this genus are found in the Western Atlantic Ocean, with 2 species occurring in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy Calamus was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1839 by the English zoologist William Swainson when he described Calamus megacephalus as its only species.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 28Mexico · 1