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

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 ). Or sea bass; either is fine.

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. Good fishing to all. Andrew J Dolson Richmond, Virginia, US • Your report ( Public support for founding principles of NHS is falling…