Dicentrarchus
| Dicentrarchus Temporal range:
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| European Seabass (D. labrax) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Moronidae |
| Genus: | Dicentrarchus T. N. Gill, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Perca elongata É. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817
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Dicentrarchus is a genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Moronidae, the temperate basses. The two species in this genus are found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The species in this genus are economically important food fishes.