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Whipfin Bass
Dules auriga
Dules is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes which is a member of the subfamily Serraninae of the family Serranidae. It is a monotypic genus containing a single species Dules auriga, which is found in the south western Atlantic Ocean off the coasts of southern Brazil, Uruguay and northern Argentina. It is a hermaphrodite which is found in deeper offshore waters and is frequently taken as a bycatch by deep water fisheries.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 620581.