| Sheepshead porgy | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Sparidae |
| Genus: | Calamus |
| Species: | C. Penna |
| Binomial name | |
| Calamus penna (Valenciennes, 1830) |
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Sheepshead porgy (Calamus penna) is a species of fish of the porgy family, Sparidae, only found in the Atlantic Ocean. Its teeth are like a sheep's. It is only distantly related with the California Sheephead of the Pacific Ocean.