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Paralabrax
Paralabrax is a genus of fishes in the family Serranidae. They are known commonly as rock basses. The nine species in the genus are native to rocky reef habitat in the eastern Pacific and western Atlantic Oceans, where they are often dominant predators in the ecosystem. They are also commercially important in local fisheries.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species
Kelp Bass
speciesParalabrax clathratus
Spotted Sand Bass
speciesParalabrax maculatofasciatus
Barred Sand Bass
speciesParalabrax nebulifer
Camotillo
speciesParalabrax albomaculatus
Peruvian Rock Bass
speciesParalabrax humeralis
Goldspotted Sand Bass
speciesParalabrax auroguttatus
Parrot Sand Bass
speciesParalabrax loro
Paralabrax callaensis
speciesParalabrax callaensis
Vieja
speciesParalabrax dewegeri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 90725.