The common dentex 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 northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Me
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 easte
Common dentex
…edition of his Systema Naturae. Linnaeus gave type locality as the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. In 1814 Georges Cuvier proposed the genus Dentex with Sparus dentex as the type species by absolute tautonymy. The genus Dentex is placed in the family Sparidae within the order Spariformes by the 5th…