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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days 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 3 days ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As written at the very start on Wikipedia:

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

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