Dules
| Dules | |
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| Dules temnopterus (fossil) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Subfamily: | Serraninae |
| Genus: | Dules Cuvier, 1829 |
| Species: | D. auriga
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| Binomial name | |
| Dules auriga Cuvier, 1829
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Dules is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes which is a member of the subfamily Serraninae of the family Serranidae. It is a monotypic genus containing a single species Dules auriga, which is found in the south western Atlantic Ocean off the coasts of southern Brazil, Uruguay and northern Argentina.[1] It is a hermaphrodite which is found in deeper offshore waters and is frequently taken as a bycatch by deep water fisheries.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dules auriga". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ A.T. Rovani; L.G. Cardoso (2017). "Life history and initial assessment of fishing impacts on the by-catch species Dules auriga (Teleostei: Serranidae) in southern Brazil". Journal of Fish Biology. 91 (3): 896–911. Bibcode:2017JFBio..91..896R. doi:10.1111/jfb.13390. PMID 28770585.
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