Scientific Name
Calamus penna
Common Name
Sheepshead porgy
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 12;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 12;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 10. Silvery, the scales with iridescent reflections; usually a faint longitudinal banding on a body; a blue-gray line under eye present or absent; no other blue markings; no orange or yellow at corner of mouth; small black spot at upper base of pectoral fins (Ref. 13442).