Sheepshead Fish

Sheepshead Fish – One glance at the picture of a sheepshead fish might make you assume this fish has stolen a sailor’s lost pair of dentures from the seafloor! Yes, there is a fish whose teeth are eerily similar to humans.

The teeth are composed of highly mineralized enamel and dentin, two components that also make up human teeth.

There are two rows of molars on the lower jaw and three rows on the upper jaw. This heavy dentition allows sheepshead fish to crush and grind the shelled creatures that these fish prefer to feed on.

The Sheepshead fish are finally coming inland, so the fishermen are out. There is a limit of 10 of these fish per person.

Sheepshead Fish