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Sheepshead Porgy

Calamus penna

Classification

Family
Sparidae

The sheepshead porgy (Calamus penna), also known as the littlemouth porgy or speckled porgy, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, the seabreams and porgies. This species is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy The sheepshead porgy was first formally described in 1830 as Pagellus penna by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes with its type locality given as Brazil.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 142Brazil · 18France · 9Netherlands · 7Mexico · 4United Kingdom · 1