The European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), also known as the Branzino, European bass, sea bass, common bass, white bass, capemouth, white salmon, sea perch, white mullet, sea dace or Loup de Mer, is a primarily ocean-going fish native to the waters off Europe's western and southern and Africa's northern coasts, though it can also be found in shallow coastal waters and river mouths during the summer months and late autumn. It is one of only six species in its family, Moronidae, collectively called the temperate basses.
It is fished and raised commercially and is considered the most important fish currently cultured in the Mediterranean. In Ireland and the United Kingdom, the popular restaurant fish sold and consumed as sea bass is exclusively the European bass.[2]
In North America, it is widely known by one of its Italian names, branzino.[3]
European seabass is a slow-growing species that takes several years to reach adulthood. An adult European seabass usually weighs around 2.5 kg (5.5 lb). European seabass can reach measurements of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in length and 12 kg (26 lb) in weight, though the most common size is only about half of that at 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in). Individuals are silvery grey and sometimes a dark-bluish color on the back.
Juveniles form schools and feed on invertebrates, while adults are less social and prefer to consume other fish. They are generally found in the littoral zone near the banks of rivers, lagoons, and estuaries during the summer and migrate offshore during the winter. European sea bass feed on prawns, crabs and small fish. Though it is a sought-after gamefish, it is listed as Least Concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature because it is widespread and there are no known major threats.
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is the Indo-Pacific, from Australia to India) Genus Hypopterus (spikey seabass) Hypopterus macropterus Genus Lates (Lates sea bass) Lates calcarifer (Bloch...
being the Europeanseabass (D. labrax), and this genus and the genus Morone make up the family Moronidae, the temperate basses. The spotted seabass generally...
primarily roach and dace; euryhaline marine species such as flounder, Europeanseabass, mullet, and smelt become much more common. Further east, the salinity...
well as salmon and trout. A few species of euryhaline fish, such as Europeanseabass, mullet, and eel, inhabit the Danube Delta and the lower portion of...
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"Chilean sea bass" in the United States and Canada. The name "Chilean seabass" was invented by a fish wholesaler named Lee Lantz in 1977. He was looking...
early 20th century, including big-scale sand smelt, Egyptian sole, Europeanseabass and gilt-head bream, as well as multiple species of both mullet and...
roach and dace. Euryhaline species then dominate, such as flounder, Europeanseabass, mullet, and smelt. Further east salinity increases and conditions...
species which are normally able to escape trawl nets, such as the Europeanseabass. This has caused some controversy, due to the high level of marine...
named Route De L'aquaculture. A local commune of aquafarmers who raise Europeanseabass and gilt-head breams.[citation needed] The warm water helps them grow...
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prey. The same is true of young perch. In the laboratory, juvenile Europeanseabass can learn to push a lever in order to obtain food just by watching...
(Triglia lanterna), or fishes of medium and large size, like spigola (Europeanseabass) and orate (gilt-head bream), presently sold mainly from fish farms...
marine cage farming, and 95% of the total production is made up of Europeanseabass and gilthead seabream. Greece is the main EU producer for these two...
1-140, pl. 1-60. Kottelat, M. 1997. European freshwater fishes. An heuristic checklist of the freshwater fishes of Europe (exclusive of former USSR), with...
oropharyngeal cavity, the latter is a typical infection site in the Europeanseabass (Dicentrarchus labrax). Constantly moving while anchored and therefore...
birds as well as fish species including Europeanseabass, thicklip grey mullet, European flounder and European eel. There is also a small run of migratory...
species more familiar in more northerly temperate waters such as Europeanseabass, European hake, Norwegian skate and gilt-head bream, as well as species...
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