Dicentrarchus

Dicentrarchus is a genus of temperate basses native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

Dicentrarchus
European Seabass (D. labrax)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Moronidae
Genus: Dicentrarchus
T. N. Gill, 1860
Type species
Dicentrarchus labrax
É. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817
Synonyms
  • Labrax Klein, 1776 (not available)
  • Labrax Walbaum, 1792 (not available)
  • Labrax G. Cuvier, 1828 (pre-occupied)

Species

Currently, the two species in this genus are:[1]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758)European seabasseastern Atlantic Ocean (from Norway to Senegal), the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea
Dicentrarchus punctatus (Bloch, 1792)spotted seabasscoastal eastern Atlantic Ocean from the English Channel to the Canary Islands and Senegal, as well as through the Mediterranean Sea
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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Dicentrarchus in FishBase. December 2013 version.


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