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Calamus penna (Valenciennes, 1830)

Description

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).

Common Names

  • Littlemouth porgy , English , Cuba
  • Littlemouth porgy , English , USA
  • Porgy , English , Guadeloupe
  • Porgy , English , Martinique
  • Sheepshead porgy , English , Bahamas
  • Sheepshead porgy , English , Cuba
  • Sheepshead porgy , English , Puerto Rico
  • Sheepshead porgy , English , USA
  • Sheepshead porgy , English , Global
  • Speckled porgy , English , Cuba
  • Speckled porgy , English , USA
  • Daubanet bélier , French , France
  • Daubanet bélier , French , Global
  • Shiroganedai , Japanese , Japan
  • 羊头芦鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 羊頭蘆鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Pampo-pena , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil
  • Pargo-pena , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil
  • Peixe-pena , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil
  • Pena-branco , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil
  • Cachicachi , Spanish , Colombia
  • Cachicato pluma , Spanish , Venezuela
  • Mojarra blanca , Spanish , Colombia
  • Pez de pluma , Spanish , Cuba
  • Pez de pluma , Spanish , USA
  • Pez de pluma manchado , Spanish , Cuba
  • Pluma , Spanish , Dominican Rp
  • Pluma cachicato , Spanish , Nicaragua
  • Pluma cachicato , Spanish , Spain
  • Pluma manchada , Spanish , Mexico
  • Ataymud , Wayuu , Colombia

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Eupercaria/misc

    Family: Sparidae

    Genus: Calamus

    Species: Calamus penna (Valenciennes, 1830)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Atlantic: Florida, USA and the northeastern Gulf of Mexico to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; throughout the West Indies (Ref. 3815).

    • Biology

    Found in clear reef areas over soft or semi-hard bottoms. Juveniles are encountered in seagrass (Thalassia) beds (Ref. 9626). Marketed fresh and frozen.

    Habitat

    associated

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Reports of ciguatera poisoning