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Dentex






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Dentex
Dentex dentex
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Spariformes
Family: Sparidae
Genus: Dentex
G. Cuvier, 1814
Type species
Sparus dentex

Linnaeus, 1758[1]

Synonyms[1]

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.

Taxonomy[edit]

Dentex was first proposed as a genus by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier in 1814, Sparus dentex was the type species by absolute tautonymy.[1] S. dentex had been described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th Edition of his Systema Naturae from the Mediterranean Sea.[2] The five Indo-Pacific species form a species complex called the Dentex hypselosomus species complex but have not been separated into their own genus.[3] This genus is placed in the family Sparidae within the order Spariformes by the 5th edition of Fishes of the World.[4] Some authorities classify this genus in the subfamily Denticinae,[5] but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise subfamilies within the Sparidae.[4]

Etymology[edit]

Dentex means "with large teeth, and is tautonymous with Linnaeus's Sparus dentex, and is a reference to the large teeth in both jaws.[6]

Species[edit]

There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:[7]

The Eocene fossil species Dentex laekeniensis van Beneden, 1872 is generally placed in its own genus, Ctenodentex.[9][10]

Characteritstics[edit]

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-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 is completely covered in scales.[3] The largest species in the genus is the pink dentex (D. gibbosus) with a maximum published fork length of 106 cm (42 in) while the smallest is D. fourmanoiri which has a maximum published standard length of 21.5 cm (8.5 in).[7]

Distribution[edit]

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.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Sparidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  • ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Dentex". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  • ^ a b Iwatsuki, Y.; M. Akazaki; and N. Taniguchi (2007). "Review of the species of the genus Dentex (Perciformes:Sparidae) in the Western Pacific defined as the D. hypselosomus complex with the description of a new species, Dentex abei and a redescription of Evynnis tumifrons" (PDF). Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science Series A (Zoology) (Supplement 1): 29–49.
  • ^ a b Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C.; Wilson, M.V.H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 502–506. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. LCCN 2015037522. OCLC 951899884. OL 25909650M.
  • ^ Parenti, P. (2019). "An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Sparidae". FishTaxa. 4 (2): 47–98.
  • ^ "Order SPARIFORMES: Families LETHRINIDAE, NEMIPTERIDAE and SPARIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  • ^ a b c Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). Species of DentexinFishBase. October 2023 version.
  • ^ 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3957.1.9. PMID 26249058.
  • ^ Schwarzhans, Werner; Beckett, Hermione T.; Schein, Jason D.; Friedman, Matt (2018). Rahman, Imran (ed.). "Computed tomography scanning as a tool for linking the skeletal and otolith‐based fossil records of teleost fishes". Palaeontology. 61 (4): 511–541. doi:10.1111/pala.12349. hdl:2027.42/144669. ISSN 0031-0239.
  • ^ "Ctenodentex lakeniensis (P.J. Van Beneden, 1872) — RBINS Virtual Collections". virtualcollections.naturalsciences.be. Retrieved 2024-06-27.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dentex&oldid=1231953049"

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