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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familySparidae
  5. ›genusCalamus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Flathead Porgy

Calamus mu Randall & Caldwell, 1966

Also calledFlathead Porgy (por) · Pargo-brasileiro (por) · peixe-pena-brasileiro (por) · pražman plochohlavý (ces) · 巴西蘆鯛 (zho)

First described in: Randall, J. E.; Caldwell, D. K. (1966). A review of the sparid fish genus Calamus, with descriptions of four new species. <em>Bulletin of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.</em> No. 2: 1-47.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5211008.