''Calamus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of porgies in the family

Sparidae The Sparidae are a family of fish in the order Perciformes, commonly called sea breams and porgies. The sheepshead, scup, and red seabream are species in this family. Most sparids are deep-bodied compressed fish with a small mouth separated by a ...

. It contains thirteen described species.

Species

'' Calamus arctifrons'', Grass porgy
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Calamus bajonado The jolthead porgy (''Calamus bajonado'') is an ocean-going species of fish in the family Sparidae. In Bermuda, it is known as the blue bone porgy, in the United States, it is also known by the Spanish name ''bojanado'', in Jamaica, it is one of ...

'', Jolthead porgy
'' Calamus brachysomus'', Pacific porgy
'' Calamus calamus'', Saucereye porgy
'' Calamus campechanus'', Campeche porgy
'' Calamus cervigoni'', Spotfin porgy
'' Calamus leucosteus'', Whitebone porgy
'' Calamus mu'', Flathead porgy
''

Calamus nodosus The knobbed porgy (''Calamus nodosus'') is an ocean-going species of gamefish of the bream/porgy family, Sparidae. They are only found in the western portion of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, where they are often caught with trawling nets or by a ...

'', Knobbed porgy
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Calamus penna 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. External links * * sheepshead po ...

'', Sheepshead porgy
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Calamus pennatula The Pluma porgy (''Calamus pennatula'') is an ocean-going fish of the family Sparidae. In many parts of the Caribbean, it is simply known as the Pluma, while in Jamaica can be called the Pimento grunt, and is sometimes called the West Indian porg ...

'', Pluma porgy
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Calamus proridens The littlehead porgy (''Calamus proridens'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, the seabreams and porgies. It is only found in the western portion of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, where they are often caught ...

'', Littlehead porgy
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Calamus taurinus Calamus may refer to: Botany and zoology * ''Calamus'' (fish), a genus of fish in the family Sparidae * ''Calamus'' (palm), a genus of rattan palms * Calamus, the hollow shaft of a feather, also known as the quill * ''Acorus calamus'', the swee ...

'', Galapagos porgy

References

* Extant Rupelian first appearances Marine fish genera Taxa named by William John Swainson Rupelian genus first appearances {{Perciformes-stub