sheepshead vs sparid

sheepshead and sparid both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sheepshead	Yes	No	No	No
sparid	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sparid is a hypernym of sheepshead; that is, sparid is a word with a broader meaning than sheepshead:

sheepshead: large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico
sparid: spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth

Other hypernyms of sheepshead include sparid fish.

sheepshead (noun)	sparid (noun)
large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico	spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth