''Dentex'' is a
genus
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of marine
ray-finned fish
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es belonging to the
family
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Sparidae
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, which includes the seabreams and porgies. The fishes in this genus are found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.
Taxonomy
''Dentex'' was first proposed as a genus by the French
zoologist
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Georges Cuvier
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in 1814, ''Sparus dentex'' was the
type species
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by absolute
tautonymy
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[ ''S. dentex'' had been described in 1758 by ]Carl Linnaeus
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in the 10th Edition of his ''Systema Naturae
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'' from the Mediterranean Sea
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.Indo-Pacific
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species form a species complex
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called the ''Dentex hypselosomus'' species complex but have not been separated into their own genus.[ This genus is placed in the family Sparidae within the ]order
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Spariformes
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Taxonomy
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by the 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World
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Etymology
''Dentex'' means "with large teeth, and is tautonymous with Linnaeus's ''Sparus dentex'', and is a reference to the large teeth in both jaws.
Species
There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:Dentex abei
''Dentex abei'', the yellowfin seabream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. This species is found in the Western Pacific Ocean in East Asia.
Taxonomy
''Dentex abei'' ...
'' Iwatsuki, Akazaki & Taniguchi, 2007 (Yellowfin seabream)
* '' Dentex angolensis'' Poll
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& Maul
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, 1953 (Angolan dentex)
* ''Dentex barnardi
''Dentex'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. The fishes in this genus are found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.
Taxo ...
'' Cadenat, 1970 (Barnard's dentex)
* '' Dentex canariensis'' Steindachner
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, 1881 (Canary dentex)
* ''Dentex carpenteri
''Dentex'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. The fishes in this genus are found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.
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'' Iwatsuki, S. J. Newman & B. C. Russell, 2015 (Yellow snout seabream)Linnaeus
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, 1758
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) (Common dentex)
* ''Dentex fourmanoiri
''Dentex'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. The fishes in this genus are found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.
Taxo ...
'' Akazaki & Séret, 1999 (Fourmanoir's seabream)
* '' Dentex gibbosus'' (Rafinesque
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, 1810) (Pink dentex)
* '' Dentex hypselosomus'' Bleeker, 1854 (Yellowback seabream)
* '' Dentex macrophthalmus'' (Bloch
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, 1791) (Large-eye dentex)
* '' Dentex maroccanus'' Valenciennes
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, 1830 (Morocco dentex)
* '' Dentex spariformis'' J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (Saffronfin seabream)
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fossil species ''Dentex laekeniensis
''Dentex'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family (biology), family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. The fishes in this genus are found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Indian and Western Pac ...
'' van Beneden, 1872 is generally placed in its own genus, '' Ctenodentex''.
Characteritstics
''Dentex'' seabreams are characterised within the Sparidae by the possession of a series of sharp conical teeth in each jaw, 4 in the upper jaw and 6 in the lower jaw , These teeth are enlarged and canine
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-like and they have no molar-like teeth. The scales between the eyes extend to near a level with the front part of the orbit. The flange on the preoperculum
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is completely covered in scales.fork length
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of while the smallest is ''D. fourmanoiri'' which has a maximum published standard length
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Distribution
''Dentex'' sea breams are found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, from Europe to Namibia, and in the Eastern Indian and Western Pacific Ocean from Japan south to Australia.[
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References
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Sparidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Georges Cuvier
Spariform fish genera