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bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
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Moronidae

bass

Dicentrarchus labrax

Fish Reaching One Hundred Three Centimeters in the Red Sea

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Africa
  • Europe
  • Fusiform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

bass is a freshwater fish from NE Atlantic Ocean. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 103 cm.

Family
Moronidae
Maximum length
103 cm
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
NE Atlantic Ocean (Morocco to Norway, including the British Isles); the Mediterranean and southern Black Sea basins; occasional records of vagrant individuals from the Baltic Sea and Atlantic coastline of North Africa as far south as Senegal; with recent records suggesting it has invaded the northern Red Sea basin via the Suez Canal.
Conservation status
NTNear Threatened

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