any of several sparid fishes with strong crushing teeth, esp Archosargus rhomboidalis, of the American Atlantic, which is marked with dark bands
sheepshead in American English
(ˈʃipsˌhɛd)
noun
1. Word forms: pluralˈsheepsˌhead or ˈsheepsˌheads US
a.
a large, edible, marine porgy fish (Archosargus probatocephalus) with a massive head, a striped body, and sheeplike incisor and molar teeth: found along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U.S.
b.
the freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) common in the Great Lakes and Mississippi watershed
c.
a red wrasse (Semicossyphus pulcher) of the California coast