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Centracanthus
Centracanthus cirrus, also known as the curled picarel, is a species of picarel native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It has been found at depths down to 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). This species grows to a length of 34 centimetres (13 in) TL though usually not exceeding 12 centimetres (4.7 in). This species is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. This species is the only known member of its genus.
1 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 1 known species
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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 87273.
