Dentex gibbosus (Rafinesque, 1810)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 280

Dentex gibbosus (Rafinesque, 1810)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 117.7 cm TL; 106 FL

Water type: marine

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: 20-400 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2014)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Portugal to Angola; also in the Mediterranean and around the Canary and São Tome and Príncipe Islands. Caught by industrial and artisanal fishery along the coast of Gabon (De Bruyne, pers. obs.).