Sheepshead popular edible sport fish in the family , common in Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico waters of the southern North American coast. Although once prevalent in the New England to Chesapeake Bay area, the species has inexplicably become very rare

The sheepshead fish is a deep-bodied, compressed marine fish with sharp dorsal spines.

The sheepsheads commonly reaches 10-20 inches, but can grow to be as large as 35 inches in some cases! It has a hard mouth and stubby teeth that bear a striking resemblance to human teeth