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Angola Dentex

Dentex angolensis

Classification

Family
Sparidae

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 Dentex was first proposed as a genus by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier in 1814, Sparus dentex was the type species by absolute tautonymy.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Portugal · 1