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Moroccan white seabream

Diplodus cadenati

Classification

Family
Sparidae

Diplodus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. These fishes are found in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the western Indian Ocean. Taxonomy Diplodus was first formally proposed as a monospecific genus in 1810 by the French naturalist and polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque with Sparus annularis as its type species by monotypy.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Spain · 819France · 207