Archosargus probatocephalus
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Archosargus probatocephalus, the sheepshead, sheepshead seabream or convict fish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, the seabreams and porgies. This species is fo
Sheepshead
FMIB 47083 Sheep's head, Sargus ovis, of North America
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
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Sheepshead Bay is a neighborhood in southern Brooklyn, New York City. It is bounded by Ocean Parkway to the west; Kings Highway to the north; Nostrand Avenue and Gerritsen Avenue to the east; and the
Archosargus probatocephalus
…As with other fish, the sheepshead has a variety of parasites. One of them is the monogenean Microcotyle archosargi, which is parasitic on its gills. Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn was so named after the sheepshead found in its waters. "Sheepshead" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 822…
Ocean Avenue Footbridge
Races, c. 1872–1887
Sheepshead Bay, facing east
Many homes like this were built in the 1920s