Dules

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Dules

Genus of fishes

Dules is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes which is a member of the subfamily Serraninae of the family Serranidae, which includes the groupers and anthias. 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]

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References

  1. [1]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Dules auriga" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  2. [2]
    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. doi:10.1111/jfb.13390.


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