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Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus

A striped bait-stealer of pilings and jetties with surprisingly human-like teeth.

• Family: Sparidae
• Rarity: Common
• Average length: 40 cm
• Max length: 91 cm
• Max weight: 9.6 kg
• Habitat: coastal
• Regions: atlantic-west, gulf-of-mexico
• Edible: yes

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It uses its teeth to scrape barnacles off docks.

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