Dentex

Dentex
Dentex fourmanoiri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Sparidae
Genus: Dentex
G. Cuvier, 1814
Kawahara Keiga, Dentex tumifrons (Temminck & Schlegel) = accepted name Evynnis tumifrons (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843), around 1825

Dentex is a genus of fish in the family Sparidae.

Species

There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:

  • Dentex abei Iwatsuki, Akazaki & Taniguchi, 2007 (Yellowfin seabream)
  • Dentex angolensis Poll & Maul, 1953 (Angolan dentex)
  • Dentex barnardi Cadenat, 1970 (Barnard's dentex)
  • Dentex canariensis Steindachner, 1881 (Canary dentex)
  • Dentex carpenteri Iwatsuki, S. J. Newman & B. C. Russell, 2015 (Yellow snout seabream) [1]
  • Dentex congoensis Poll, 1954 (Congo dentex)
  • Dentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common dentex)
  • Dentex fourmanoiri Akazaki & Séret, 1999 (Fourmanoir’s seabream)
  • Dentex gibbosus (Rafinesque, 1810) (Pink dentex)
  • Dentex hypselosomus Bleeker, 1854 (Yellowback seabream)
  • Dentex macrophthalmus (Bloch, 1791) (Large-eye dentex)
  • Dentex maroccanus Valenciennes, 1830 (Morocco dentex)
  • Dentex spariformis J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (Saffronfin seabream)
  • Dentex tumifrons (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) (Crimson seabream)

References

  1. Iwatsuki, Y., Newman, S.J. & Russell, B.C. (2015): Dentex carpenteri, a new species of deepwater seabream from Western Australia (Pisces: Sparidae). Zootaxa, 3957 (1): 109–119.


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