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

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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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[-] otter@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 months ago

a meme

[-] Lime66@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

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

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

All hail

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