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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•6 months agoThe german name seems to be Gelbstriemenbrasse Also: Like many sea bream, it is a protogynous hermaphrodite, i.e. the female sexual organs mature first and then the male ones. Young fish are therefore females, old and large specimens are males. … interesting concept.
minus-squareJustas🇱🇹linkfedilinkEnglish5•6 months agoSwedish one is Oxögonfisk, which looks like a name of a metal band or a weird chemical name.
minus-squareM137linkfedilinkEnglish3•6 months agoAs written at the very start on Wikipedia: 'from Ancient Greek βόωψ, literally ‘ox-eyed’
minus-squareJustas🇱🇹linkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months agoAh, so Swedish is literally using “ox eyed fish” as the name.
The german name seems to be
Also:
… interesting concept.
Swedish one is Oxögonfisk, which looks like a name of a metal band or a weird chemical name.
As written at the very start on Wikipedia:
'from Ancient Greek βόωψ, literally ‘ox-eyed’
Ah, so Swedish is literally using “ox eyed fish” as the name.