The sheepshead porgy (''Calamus penna'') is a species of fish of the porgy 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 ...

, only found in the Atlantic Ocean. It is only distantly related to the

California sheephead The California sheephead (''Semicossyphus pulcher'') is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. Its range is from Monterey Bay, California, to the Gulf of California, Mexico. It can live for up to 20 years in favorable condition ...

of the Pacific Ocean.

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sheepshead porgy 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 The California sheephead (''Semicossyphus pulcher'') is a ...

Fish of the Western Atlantic

Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes {{Perciformes-stub