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Archosargus probatocephalus, the sheepshead, sheepshead seabream or convict fish, 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. The sheepshead is an important species to recreational and commercial fisheries.
The Asian sheephead wrasse, as the common name indicates, is a wrasse, and thus is in the family Labridae.It has long been placed in the genus Semicossyphus, along with the California and goldspot sheephead wrasses, [2] [3] [4] but a 2016 molecular phylogenetics study suggested that it (along with its two congeners in Semicossyphus) be moved to Bodianus, as Semicossyphus was nested deep within ...
Sheepshead minnow, Cyprinodon variegatus variegatus, a small brackish-water fish Sheepshead porgy , Calamus penna , a medium-sized saltwater fish of the Atlantic Ocean Places
Archosargus was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1865 by the American biologist Theodore Gill with Sparus probatocephalus as its only species. [1] S. probatocephalus had originally been formally described in 1792 by the German naturalist Johann Julius Walbaum with its type locality not given but it is thought to be New York. [2]
Within their native range, Western Atlantic seabream are also known as the seabream, [3] brim, [4] tropical sheepshead, [4] chopa amarilla, [5] or salema. [4] Although they are eaten, and have been described as pan fish , Western Atlantic seabream have not gained the popularity as a gamefish that their relative, the sheepshead ( A ...
Bodianus darwini (Jenyns, 1842) (Galápagos sheephead, goldspot sheepshead) Bodianus pulcher ( Ayres , 1854) (California sheephead) Bodianus reticulatus ( Valenciennes , 1839) (Asian sheepshead wrasse)
The species is most closely related to the Asian sheephead wrasse.The California, Asian, and goldspot sheephead wrasses were previously considered to form their own genus Semicossyphus, but are now lumped into Bodianus, after molecular phylogenetics showed that Semicossyphus was nested deep within Bodianus.
The sheepshead minnow is a deep-bodied fish growing up to a length of up to 75 mm (3 in) through 30 mm (1.2 in). [3] It is nearly half as deep as it is long, excluding its tail. It is laterally compressed with flat sides, an arched back and a small head with a flattened top.