Sheepshead porgy

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Spariformes
Family:  | Sparidae
Genus:  | Calamus
Species:  |

C. penna

Binomial name
Calamus penna

(Valenciennes, 1830)

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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Calamus penna" in FishBase. 10 2008 version.
* Photos of Sheepshead porgy on Sealife Collection

Wikidata ☰ Q969159 entry

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