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Definition of Archosargus probatocephalus

1. Noun. Large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Archosargus Probatocephalus

Literary usage of Archosargus probatocephalus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"THE SHEEPSHEAD (Archosargus probatocephalus) In his account of the fishes in the vicinity of New York, in 1788, Schopf, a surgeon in the British army, ..."

2. The Big Game Fishes of the United States: A Collection of Critical Essays by Charles Burton Martin, Viktor Aleksandrovich Maksunov, Charles Frederick Holder, Amiya Chandra Chakravarty, David Malet Armstrong (1903)
"... to the sub- genus Archosargus, and is known to science as Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum). Its head is large and high, the body deep, ..."

3. The big game fishes of the United States by Charles Frederick Holder (1903)
"... to the sub- genus Archosargus, and is known to science as Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum). Its head is large and high, the body deep, ..."

4. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"... major and P. cardinalis), the sheep's-head (Archosargus probatocephalus), the mutton-fish or Pargo Criollo ..."

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