Spotted seabass

Spotted seabass
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Percoidei
Family:	Moronidae
Genus:	Dicentrarchus
Species:	D. punctatus
Binomial name
Dicentrarchus punctatus (Bloch, 1792)
Synonyms
Sciaena punctata Bloch, 1792 Bodianus punctatus (Bloch, 1792) Labrax lupus punctatus (Bloch, 1792) Labrax punctatus (Bloch, 1792) Morone punctatus (Bloch, 1792) Perca punctata (Bloch, 1792) Perca punctulata Lacepède, 1802 Labrax orientalis Günther, 1863 Dicentrarchus orientalis (Günther, 1863) Labrax schoenleinii W. K. H. Peters, 1865

Dicentrarchus punctatus, the Spotted seabass, is a species of temperate bass native to marine and brackish waters of the coastal eastern Atlantic Ocean from the English Channel to the Canary Islands and Senegal as well as through the Mediterranean Sea. It can be found at a depth of at least 30 metres (98 ft). This species can reach a length of 70 centimetres (28 in) TL though most are only around 30 centimetres (12 in). It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and is sought after as a game fish.^[1]

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