What is Boops boops?
{{Speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref =<ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn|author=NatureServe |year=2013|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/170251/0|title=''Boops boops''|access-date=15 December 2014}}</ref> | image = Boga Galiza.jpg | image_caption = ''Boops boops'' in a bucket | taxon = Boops boops | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]) | synonyms = *''Boops canariensis'' <small>[[Achille Valenciennes|Valenciennes]], 1839</small> *''Box boops'' (<small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small>) *''Box vulgaris'' <small>Valenciennes 1830</small> *''Sparus boops'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small> }} '''''Boops boops''''', the '''bogue,''' is a species of [[ray-finned fish]]. Its common name in most [[Language|languages]] refers to its large [[Insect|bug]] eyes. == Description == Little is known about ''Boops boops'', but it resembles a [[mackerel]]. == Distribution == The [[species]] is found off the coasts of [[Europe]], [[Africa]], the [[Azores]] and the [[Canary Islands]], from [[Norway]] to [[Angola]], and in the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] and [[Black Sea|Black Seas]]. It avoids [[Brackish water|brackish waters]] such as the [[Baltic Sea]]. == Related pages == * ''[[Aeoliscoides]]'' * [[Eigengrau]] [[File:Banco de bogas (Boops boops), isla de Mouro, Santander, España, 2019-08-15, DD 83.jpg|thumb|School of bogues in Santander (Spain)]] == References == {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category-inline|Boops boops}} * Photos of [https://sealifecollection.org/taxon/127047 Boops boops] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709003659/https://sealifecollection.org/taxon/127047 |date=2019-07-09 }} on Sealife Collection {{Taxonbar|from=Q950498}} [[Category:Perciformes]] [[Category:IUCN Red List least concern species]] {{biology-stub}}