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GBIF·5210999speciesAnimalia18,480 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familySparidae
  5. ›genusCalamus
Calamus proridens
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Littlehead Porgy

Calamus proridens Jordan & Gilbert, 1884

Also calledCrocro (fra) · Daubenet Titête (fra) · Pez De Pluma (spa) · Pluma tigre (spa) · Tête-feuilles (fra) · pez de pluma rayado (spa) · pluma jorobada (spa) · pražman malohlavý (ces) · Клыкастый морской карась (rus) · 小頭蘆鯛 (zho)

First described in: Jordan, D. S. ; Gilbert, C. H. (1884). Note on Calamus proridens, a new species of Calamus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 7 (no. 417): 150.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

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Every page naming Calamus proridens in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5210999.