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 macrophthalmus (Bloch, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dentex*	Cuvier, 1814	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Dentex macrophtalmus*	(Bloch, 1791)	orthographic variant
*Dentex (Polysteganus) macrophthalmus*	(Bloch, 1791)	synonym; alternate representation
*Sparus macrophthalmus*	Bloch, 1791	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: dentali symadh sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Hebrew: שינן עינני sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: patlakgoz mercan

Literature

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 macrophthalmus, Cape Verde, by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Dentex macrophthalmus (Bloch, 1791). 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:273965