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Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758)

European seabass
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Common names: Bass, Capemouth, Common bass
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Stock separation between bass from the Irish Sea and bass from the Bristol Channel, English Channel and the Thames estuary was revealed though polymorphism at the phosphoglucomutase locus (Ref. 46123). Also Ref. 3397. Found in England, Wales, and Scotland (Ref. 90052).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/uk.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Maitland, P.S. and A.A. Lyle, 1996
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Bar européen, Lubina, European bass, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Moronidae (Temperate basses)
Etymology: Dicentrarchus: Greek, di = two + Greek, kentron = sting + Greek, archos = anus (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

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