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TIL about fish with the nomenclature "Boops, Boops" (en.m.wikipedia.org)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Boops boops (/ˈboʊ.ɒps ˈboʊ.ɒps/; from Ancient Greek βόωψ, literally 'ox-eyed'), commonly called the bogue, is a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic

Domain: 	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Spariformes
Family:	Sparidae
Genus:	Boops
Species:	B. boops

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My friend and I have it's Wikipedia page bookmarked. All hail boops boops

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

All hail