Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Eupercaria/misc
Family: Moronidae Temperate basses

Genus: Dicentrarchus

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Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 103 cm TL
Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Dicentrarchus labrax
[European seabass]

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Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 70 cm TL
Dicentrarchus punctatus (Bloch, 1792)

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Dicentrarchus punctatus
[Spotted seabass]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Dicentrarchus labrax European seabass Eastern Atlantic 103 TL 1758
Dicentrarchus punctatus Spotted seabass Eastern Atlantic 70 TL 1792



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