Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126975 on 2026-06-19
accepted
Valid name (ICZN) or name considered to be taxonomically correct (ICBN)
Species
Poissons du Nil, de la mer Rouge et de la Méditerranée.
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Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische
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Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
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Göteborgs och Bohusläns fauna, ryggradsdjuren
Malm, A. W. (1877). Göteborgs och Bohusläns fauna, ryggradsdjuren. Göteborg Handelstidning Akteriolags Tryckeri Göteborg. 1-674, Pls. 1-9.
Iconographie du régne animal de G. Cuvier. [Representation d'apres nature de l'une des especes les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurees, de chaque genre d'animaux. [Iconography of the animal kingdom by G. Cuvier.]
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Fish trawl survey: ICES Beam Trawl Survey for commercial fish species. ICES Database of trawl surveys (DATRAS). The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Copenhagen. 2010.
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FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication
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Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).
Beach of Ostend, 2017-11-15: caught on Arenicola marine, released again
Bass (Labrax lupus, synonym of Dicentrarchus labrax)
H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Bonaparte)
Distribution for Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) - Westerschelde
Distribution for Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) - British Isles
Distribution for Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) - Oosterschelde
Distribution for Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) - Zeeland
Distribution for Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) - Wimereux
Distribution for Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) - Black Sea
Distribution for Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) - Zeeschelde
Distribution for Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) - Oostende
Distribution for Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) - Greek Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) - Irish Exclusive economic Zone
Distribution for Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) - Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Distribution for Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) - Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Morone labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) - Westerschelde
Distribution for Morone labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) - Scheldt estuary
Distribution for Morone labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) - IJsselmeer
Distribution for Morone labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) - Baltic sea
Alien
Species introduced by man into places out of their natural range of distribution
Taxon Description Body size for Taxon denoted by name 126975
Taxon Description Paraphyletic group for Taxon denoted by name 843664
Taxon Description Species exhibits underwater soniferous behaviour for Taxon denoted by name 126975
Taxon Description Nomenclature code for Taxon denoted by name 2
Specification Context: Unit cm
Specification Context: Type unknown
Specification Context: Locality (MRGID) 1920
Specification Context: Type maximum
Specification Context: Dimension length
Specification Context: Sex male/unsexed
Specification Context: Type common