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[–] felixwhynot 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I read that it’s pronounced boh-ops but I still read it as boops

[–] dantheclamman 6 points 1 month ago

If it's wrong, I don't want to be right

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

The 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Swedish one is Oxögonfisk, which looks like a name of a metal band or a weird chemical name.

[–] Meron35 4 points 1 month ago
[–] M137 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As written at the very start on Wikipedia:

'from Ancient Greek βόωψ, literally 'ox-eyed'

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

Ah, so Swedish is literally using "ox eyed fish" as the name.

[–] M137 4 points 1 month ago
[–] Ceedoestrees 1 points 1 month ago

I will never not upvote the Boops boops.