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Fish Species Description

Sheepshead

Archosargus probatocephalus

(Walbaum, 1792)

Classification

Order: Perciformes
Family: Sparidae
Alternate Names: sheepshead seabream, convictt fish, sheephead

Status:

Marine, brackish

Notes:

Basin Distribution in Georgia:

In Georgia, occurs in the Ogeechee River basin.

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