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spines Gill thought the
European seabass had. In fact, both species have three spines in their anal fins and Gill admitted he did not actually examine a
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coastal eastern
Atlantic Ocean from the English Channel to the Canary Islands and Senegal, as well as through the Mediterranean Sea
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seabasses are coastal fishes found in the eastern
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Fishes of the
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seabasses have a finely serrated rear margin to the
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157:É. Geoffroy St. Hilaire
495:"Species in the genus
916:Marine fish of Europe
491:Eschmeyer, William N.
456:Eschmeyer, William N.
764:Fauna Europaea (new)
321:Dicentrarchus labrax
261:is a combination of
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602:"Species in genus
225:monospecific genus
40:European Seabass (
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426:Utilisation
420:eurythermal
393:dorsal fins
304:Common Name
235:in 1817 by
890:Categories
553:2023-03-27
437:References
416:euryhaline
397:caudal fin
395:and their
134:T. N. Gill
901:Moronidae
389:operculum
254:Etymology
233:described
206:Moronidae
117:Moronidae
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67:Eukaryota
42:D. labrax
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579:24 March
514:27 March
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327:Linnaeus
279:specimen
275:anal fin
166:Synonyms
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