Definition of Archosargus probatocephalus

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

Exact synonyms: Sheepshead
Generic synonyms: Sparid, Sparid Fish
Group relationships: Archosargus, Genus Archosargus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Archosargus Probatocephalus

Archilochos
Archilochus
Archilochus colubris
Archimedean
Archimedean property
Archimedean solid
Archimedean solids
Archimedean spiral
Archimedean spirals
Archimedes
Archimedes' principle
Archimedes screw
Archimedes screws
Archite
Archosargus
Archosargus probatocephalus
Archosargus rhomboidalis
Archosauria
Archæan
Archæozoic
Arcidae
Arctic
Arctic Archipelago
Arctic Circle
Arctic Ocean
Arctic Sea
Arctic Skuas
Arctic Zone
Arctic char
Arctic chars

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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