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Male, at a fish market Male, caught on a fishing line. The fishery for this species, which began in at least the late 1800s (for salted fish), peaked in 1928 with landings of 370,000 lb (170,000 kg). [1] This may have been because the species was easily available close to port, and has maintained a presence in the California nearshore fishery. [1]
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 ...
Bodianus reticulatus (Valenciennes, 1839) (Asian sheepshead wrasse) Bodianus rubrisos M. F. Gomon, 2006 (Red-sashed hogfish) Bodianus rufus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Spanish hogfish) Bodianus sanguineus (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903) (Sunrise hogfish) Bodianus scrofa (Valenciennes, 1839) (Barred hogfish) Bodianus sepiacaudus M. F. Gomon, 2006 ...
It is a large, and probably a slow-growing, fish which makes it vulnerable to over exploitation. There was a decline of 80% in the Galapagos populations during the 1997–1998 El Niño event, but the fish stock recovered in the following year, making it likely that the fish had moved to deeper water during the adverse conditions.
Sheepshead fish developed their enamel-coated teeth for similar reasons to humans — to be able to crush food, like shellfish, mollusks and crustaceans. They typically develop three rows of teeth ...
Archosargus probatocephalus, a medium-sized saltwater fish of the Atlantic Ocean; Freshwater drum, Aplodinotus grunniens, a medium-sized freshwater fish of North and Central America; Semicossyphus, a genus of medium-sized saltwater wrasses of the Pacific Ocean; Sheepshead minnow, Cyprinodon variegatus variegatus, a small brackish-water fish
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