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 maroccanus Valenciennes, 1830

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dentex*	Cuvier, 1814	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Dentex (Polysteganus) maroccanus*	Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: Marokkansk havrude sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: Morocco dentex sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Turkish: fas mercani

Literature

original description	Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.].
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
FishBase images (Dentex maroccanus, by Meyer, T.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Dentex maroccanus Valenciennes, 1830. 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:273966