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SHEEPSHEAD

Archosargus probatocephalus

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Description: basic silvery color, with 5 or 6 distinct vertical black bands on sides, not always the same on both sides; prominent teeth, including incisors, molars, and rounded grinders; no barbels on lower jaw; strong and sharp spines on dorsal and anal fins.

Similar fish: black drum, Pogonias cromis; Atlantic spadefish Chaetodipterus faber (black drum have barbels on lower jaw, sheepshead do not; vertical barring on sides of black drum and spadefish disappear as fish mature; spadefish have small, brush-like teeth.)

Where found: INSHORE species around oyster bars, seawalls and in tidal creeks; move NEARSHORE in late winter and early spring for sqawning, gathering over debris, artificial reefs, and around navigation markers.

Size: INSHORE, 1 to 2 pounds, OFFSHORE, common to 8 pounds.

Remarks: feeds on mollusks and crustaceans such as fiddler crabs and barnacles; famed nibblers, prompting the saying that "anglers must strike just before they bite".

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