Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Adangme:
Tewe
Common Names in Albanian:
Dentali
Common Names in Arabic:
Dendichi, Homrayah, Kawara Baladi, Kawwara Baladi, Samaket Rayyis, Tantun, ﺔﻳﺍﺮﻤﺣ, ﻥﻮﺘﻨﺗ, ﻲﺷﺪﻧﺩ
Common Names in Catalan:
Déntol
Common Names in Croatian:
Dental, Skojaric, Zubac, Zubatac, Zubatak
Common Names in Danish:
Tandbrasen
Common Names in Dinka:
Alerio, Cin
Common Names in Dinka, Northeastern:
Alerio, Cin
Common Names in El Molo:
Nyele
Common Names in English:
Characin, Common dentex, Dentex, Nile Robber, Porgy, Silversides
Common Names in Ewe:
Asenti, Asentiwe, Asotiklapa
Common Names in Finnish:
Hammasalesti
Common Names in French:
Dent, Denté commun, Denti
Common Names in Gã:
Tewe
Common Names in German:
Dorade, Meerbrasse, Zahnbrasse
Common Names in Greek:
Synagrida, Συναγρίδα, Συναγρίδι
Common Names in Greek, Modern (1453):
Συναγρίδα
Common Names in Hausa:
Mazari, Shemani
Common Names in Ijo:
Oza
Common Names in Italian:
Dental, Dentale, Dentat, Dentate, Dentato, Dentatu, Dentesu, Dentexo, Dentice, Dentici, Denticuotto, Dentighe, Dentixi, Dentul, Dentulotto, Dintale, Dintatu, Dottu, Rentice, Tentatu
Common Names in Kanuri:
Kaya
Common Names in Kim:
Vaï, Van, Vore
Common Names in Maltese:
Denci, Denci komuni, Dentici, Spnotta komuni
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
細點牙鯛, 细点牙鲷
Common Names in Mòoré:
Mimbre
Common Names in Nuer:
Cien
Common Names in Nupe:
Egbagi
Common Names in Other:
Delete, Girfiga, Juse, Lelete
Common Names in Polish:
Kielec wlasciwy
Common Names in Rumanian:
Dintos
Common Names in Russian:
зубан обыкновенный
Common Names in Shilluk:
Kodo
Common Names in Spanish:
Dentón
Common Names in Swedish:
Tandbraxen
Common Names in Turkana:
Dorobela
Common Names in Turkish:
Sinagrit balığı, Sinarit, Sinarit balığı
Common Names in Wolof:
Sèlinthe
Common Names in Yoruba:
Arefe
Common Names in Zande:
Basongirino
Description
Physical Description
Size/Age/Growth
Males are commonly 50 cm (Total Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 100 cm (Total Length).
Habitat
Inhabits hard bottoms (rock or rubble ) down to 200 m depth. Usually found in shallow water less than 50 m deep[1].
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,403 meters (0 to -17,726 feet).[2]
Biome: Marine .
Biology
Diet
Feeds on fish, mollusks and cephalopods .
Behavior
Adults solitary; young gregarious [3].
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Alestes dentex (Linnaeus • Alestes dentex (Linnaeus 1757) • Dentex (Dentex) dentex (Linnaeus 1758) • Dentex dentex • Dentex vulgaris Valenciennes • Sparus dentex • Sparus dentex Linnaeus • Sparus dentex Linnaeus, 1758
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 28-Jan-1999
Similar Species
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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Further Reading
- A guide to the study of fishes, New York, H. Holt, 1905. url .
- A guide to the study of fishes, by David Starr Jordan. .. New York, H. Holt and Company, 1905. url p. 340, p. 94.
- Bass, pike, perch and other game fishes of America, Cincinnati, Stewart & Kidd Company, 1919. url .
- Bass, pike, perch and others / by James A. Henshall. New York: Macmillan, 1903. url p. 340.
- Bass, pike, perch and others, by James A. Henshall. London, The Macmillan company, 1903. url p. 340.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 1271, p. 1288.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 89.
- Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url p. 80.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 908.
- Fishes, New York, H. Holt and Company, 1907. url .
- Pamphlets on forestry. Fish and game. [1900?- url p. 1271, p. 1288.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 571.
- Report of the Commissioner for. .. / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Washington: G.P.O., 1874-1905. url p. 450, p. 505, p. 505, p. 542.
- The Trematoda of British fishes. London, Sold by B. Quaritch, 1947. url p. 340, p. 351.
- The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama / by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, 1896-1900. url p. 1271, p. 1288.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed May 31, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:
- European Environment Agency, EUNIS
- FishBase, FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies - Trawl Surveys
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
- Senckenberg, Collection Pisces
- University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology, Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 125735
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-23108
- Fishbase Species ID: 439
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13756319
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 169224
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 109081
Footnotes
- Frimodt, C. (1995). Multilingual illustrated guide to the world's commercial warmwater fish. Fishing News Books, Osney Mead, Oxford, England. 215 p. [back]
- Mean = -84.620 meters (-277.625 feet), Standard Deviation = 259.570 based on 2,873 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Efthimiou, S. (1996). Performance of juvenile and ongrowing common dentex (Dentex dentex), L. 1758, Sparidae) in relation to nutrition under culture. Ph.D. Thesis, Kiel University, Germany. [back]
