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Boops
Boops is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sparidae, the seabreams and porgies. There are two species in this genus, one in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, and the other in the Western Indian Ocean.
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species
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Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Books on Marine Fishes
Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.158
Books on Marine Fishes
Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.448
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.435
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.435
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.434
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.434
In the stacks
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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 87017.