European seabass: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the European seabass lives – recorded in 9 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Dicentrarchus labrax
Group	Bony fish
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	9 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Perciformes
Family	Moronidae

Where does the European seabass live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the European seabass in 9 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the European seabass endangered?

The European seabass’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the European seabass?

The European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) is a ray-finned fish in the order Perciformes and the family Moronidae, genus Dicentrarchus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the European seabass

European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), also known as branzino, European bass, sea bass, common bass, white bass, capemouth, white salmon, white mullet, sea dace, levrek or loup de mer, or lavraki (λαβράκι) is a primarily ocean-going fish native to the waters off Europe's western and southern and Africa's northern coasts, though it can also be found in shallow coastal waters and river mouths during the summer months and late autumn. It is one of only six species in its family, Moronidae, collectively called the temperate basses.

It is fished and raised commercially and is considered the most important fish currently cultured in the Mediterranean. In Ireland and the United Kingdom, the popular restaurant fish sold and consumed as sea bass is exclusively the European bass. In North America, it is widely known by one of its Italian names, branzino.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article European seabass (revision 1379678430), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q217129 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).