As you can see, the anterior teeth of the Sheepshead are incisor-like, while
the posterior molars are set further back.
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The Sheepshead has limited commercial value,
but it's particularly well-known for possessing teeth that look incredibly similar to ours(we will discuss this later).
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This fish is
found from Cape Cod, Massachusetts south through Florida(the greatest concentration of the Sheepshead fish is found here)
and the Gulf of Mexico to Brazil.
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Interestingly enough, no one really knows why the Sheepshead fish has that name, but it's
been suggested that it's because its teeth look like that of sheep.
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Sharp and thick teeth begin to appear when a Sheepshead fish is just 4.5 mm long,
and when the fish grows to about 15 mm long, all the incisors appear.