Sheepshead

Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum 1792)

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes cc-by-nc-sa-3.0

Archosargus probatocephalus (Sheepshead) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family porgies. Individuals are known to live for 20 years and can grow to 91.0 cm.

EOL has data for 25 attributes, including:

body mass
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001259
- Definition: The amount of matter in the body of an organism.
show all records
9630 g
body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
show all records
35 cm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
show all records
United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
show all records
habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
show all records
marine benthic
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000024
- Definition: The marine benthic biome (benthic meaning 'bottom') encompasses the seafloor and includes such areas as shores, littoral or intertidal areas, marine coral reefs, and the deep seabed.
show all records
has ectoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002633
show all records
Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum 1792) (Sheepshead)
has endoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002635
show all records
Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum 1792) (Sheepshead)
onset of fertility
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0002683
- Definition: The age at which an organism develops the ability to produce live offspring.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/VT
show all records
730 days
population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
show all records
Stable
Total length
- URI: http://purl.org/obo/owlATOL_0001660
- Definition: length from the tip of the snout to the tip of the longer lobe of the caudal fin, usually measured with the lobes compressed along the midline. It is a straight-line measure, not measured over the curve of the body
show all records
91.0 cm
total life span
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001661
- Definition: The full period of time from birth to death of an organism.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/VT
show all records
20 years
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
show all records
9.189 degrees celsius
weight
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000128
- Definition: A physical quality inhering in a bearer that has mass near a gravitational body.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/PATO Ontology Source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/pato.owl
show all records
2000 g

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Sheepshead. View this species on GBIF

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes cc-by-nc-sa-3.0