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Sea bass: a fish by any other name | Brief letters

In the US, the fish is most commonly referenced as branzino, although I prefer the more exciting French name loup de mer (literal translation “wolf of the sea”), all flashing teeth and the small thrill of danger.

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In the US, the fish is most commonly referenced as branzino, although I prefer the more exciting French name loup de mer (literal translation “wolf of the sea”), all flashing teeth and the small thrill of danger.

Sea bass names | Healthy NHS | Globe destroying | No pictures | Clean sweep from the 60s Dicentrarchus labrax is properly called the European seabass in English ( Letters, 20 October ).

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