Showing Food Sheepshead
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| Name | Sheepshead | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Archosargus probatocephalus | ||||||||||
| Description | The sheepshead, Archosargus probatocephalus, is a marine fish that grows to 30 in (760 mm), but commonly reaches 10 to 20 in. It is deep and compressed in body shape, with 5 to 6 dark bars on the side of the body over a gray background. It has sharp dorsal spines. Its diet consists of oysters, clams, and other bivalves, and barnacles, fiddler crabs, and other crustaceans. It has a hard mouth, with several rows of stubby teeth, which help crush the shells of prey. | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00474 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Aquatic foods | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Fishes | ||||||||||
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| Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
| Kingdom | Metazoa | ||||||||||
| Phylum | Chordata | ||||||||||
| Class | Actinopteri | ||||||||||
| Order | Spariformes | ||||||||||
| Family | Sparidae | ||||||||||
| Genus | Archosargus | ||||||||||
| Species | probatocephalus | ||||||||||
| Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 169189 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Archosargus_probatocephalus | ||||||||||
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| Content Reference | — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. | ||||||||||