Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Eupercaria incertae sedis > Family Sparidae > Genus Dentex

Dentex canariensis Steindachner, 1881

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dentex*	Cuvier, 1814	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Dentex (Cheimerius) canariensis*	Steindachner, 1881	synonym; alternate representation

Literature

original description	Steindachner, F. (1881). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Flussfische Südamerika's (III) und Ichthyologische Beiträge (XI). Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. v. 18 (no. 11) : 97-100.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Dentex canariensis, by FAO)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Dentex canariensis Steindachner, 1881. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273960