Large-eye dentex

Dentex macrophthalmus

Fish Reaching Sixty Five Centimeters in the Atlantic Ocean

Large-eye dentex is a marine fish from Eastern Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 65 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Sparidae
Genus: Dentex
Maximum length: 65 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: off Portugal and Strait of Gibraltar to Namibia, including Cape Verde and the Canary Islands. Also from the Mediterranean.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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