Dicentrarchus

Dicentrarchus
European Seabass (D. labrax)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Percoidei
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)

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

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) (European seabass)
• Dicentrarchus punctatus (Bloch, 1792) (Spotted seabass)

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