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Dentex gibbosus

(Pink dentex)

Overview

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Family : Porgies ; Occurs on the shelf on rocky and rubble bottoms , as well as on sand around rocks. The young are close to shore while the adults occur offshore in the vicinity of the continental slope . Feeds mainly on crustaceans, fish and cephalopods [1]. Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 27000.

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Albanian:

Ballori

Common Names in Arabic:

Bouricha, Joghali, Sqaymis, ﻲﻟﺎﻐﺟ

Common Names in Catalan:

Corcovada

Common Names in Creole, Portuguese:

Bentelha, Pargo

Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins, French:

Bentelha, Pargo

Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins, Portuguese:

Bentelha, Pargo

Common Names in Croatian:

Barjaktar, Kruna, Krunaš, Okrunjeni, Zubatac Kruna, Zubatac krunaš

Common Names in Danish:

Rød havrude

Common Names in English:

Pink dentex, Porgy

Common Names in Ewe:

Tsile

Common Names in Fon:

Sika-sika

Common Names in Fon GBE:

Sika-sika

Common Names in Fongbe:

Sika-Sika

Common Names in French:

Dent, Denté à long fil, Gros Dent, Gros denté rose, Pagre Royal, Pompier

Common Names in German:

Dickkopf-Zahnbrasse, Dickkopfsalmler, Dickkopfzahnbrasse, Dorade, Meerbrasse

Common Names in Greek:

Fagri Koronato, Tsaousis, Τσαούσης, Φαγγρί κορωνάτο

Common Names in Greek, Modern:

Fagri Koronato, Tsaousis, Tsaousis, Fagri Koronato, Τσαούσης, Φαγγρί Kορωνάτο

Common Names in Greek, Modern (1453):

Fagri Koronato, Tsaousis, Tsaousis, Fagri Koronato, Τσαούσης, Φαγγρί Kορωνάτο

Common Names in Italian:

Dental de la corona, Dentice corazziere, Paurottu, Pàuru, Pàuru cu immu, Pauru cu la cricchia, Pauru dintatu, Pàuru immarutu, Pauru masculinu, Pauru ncurunatu

Common Names in Maltese:

Denci, Denci hotbi, Dentici

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

丝鳍牙鲷, 絲鰭牙鯛, 線冬鯛, 线冬鲷

Common Names in Polish:

Kielec garbacz

Common Names in Portuguese:

Bandeireiro, Bandereiro, Bentelha, Capat, Capatão, Capatão-de-bandeira, Dent, Dentão-de-bandeira, Mariana, Pargo, Pargo-bico, Pargo-boi, Pargo-Capat, Pargo-capatão, Pargo-capelo, Pargo-de-bandeira, Sama, Sinapa

Common Names in Spanish:

Dent, Dentón, Mariana, Pargo, Sama, Sama de pluma

Common Names in Susu:

Sinapa

Common Names in Turkish:

Antenli balık, Tellisinarit balığı

Common Names in Vili:

Paloko, Paloukou

Common Names in Wolof:

Baase, Diankhar fett, Diar, Diarégne, Jànqarfet, Jar, Jarên, JarÍn, Jaron, Ngor, Sel sel

Description

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Physical Description

Species Dentex gibbosus

Males are commonly 60 cm (Total Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 106 cm (Fork Length).

Habitat

May be found at depths of 20 to 220 meters.

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -3,282 meters (0 to -10,768 feet).[2]

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Cheimerius filesus (Non Valenciennes1843) • Cheimerius filosus (Valenciennes • Dentex (Cheimerius) gibbosus (Rafinesque, 1810) • Dentex filamentosus (Non Valenciennes • Dentex filosus Valenciennes • Dentex gibbosus • Sparus gibbosus • Sparus gibbosus Rafinesque • Sparus gibbosus Rafinesque, 1810

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 18-Aug-1994

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Dentex

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 33 species and subspecies in this genus:

D. abei (Yellowfin Sea Bream) · D. angolensis (Angolan Dentex) · D. argyrozona (Carpenter Seabream) · D. balinensis (Balinese Threadfin Bream) · D. barnardi (Barnard's Dentex) · D. bipunctatus (Bleeker's Threadfin Bream) · D. canariensis (Canary Dentex) · D. celebicus (Five-Lined Threadfin Bream) · D. coeruleopunctatus (Blueskin Seabream) · D. congoensis (Congo Dentex) · D. dentex (Common Dentex) · D. furcosus (Fork-Tailed Threadfin Bream) · D. gibbosus (Pink Dentex) · D. gracilis (Graceful Threadfin Bream) · D. griseus (Naked-Headed Large Eyed Bream) · D. hexodon (Yellow-Banded Butterfly-Bream) · D. isacanthus (Twin-Lined Threadfin-Bream) · D. macrophthalmus (Large-Eyed Dentex) · D. marginatus (Red Filament Threadfin Bream) · D. maroccanus (Morocco Dentex) · D. mesoprion (Redfilament Threadfin-Bream) · D. microdon (Blue-Spotted Large-Eye Bream) · D. nematophorus (Double Whip Threadfin Bream) · D. nematopus (Yellow-Tipped Threadfin-Bream) · D. nemurus (Redspine Threadfin Bream) · D. peronii (Notchedfin Threadfin Bream) · D. praeorbitalis (Scotsman Seabream) · D. rupestris (Yellow Steenbras) · D. spariformis (Saffronfin Sea Bream) · D. tambuloides (Fivelined Threadfin Bream) · D. tumifrons (Yellowback Fusilier) · D. undulosus (Seventy-Four Seabream) · D. zysron (Yellow-Cheeked Threadfin Bream)

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Bauchot, M.-L. and J.-C. Hureau (1986). Sparidae. p. 883-907. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. volume 2. UNESCO, Paris. [back]
  2. Mean = -379.380 meters (-1,244.685 feet), Standard Deviation = 780.390 based on 94 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012