Dentex macrophthalmus (Bloch, 1791)

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 macrophthalmus (Bloch, 1791)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 65 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: 30-500 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2014)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known along the West African coast from the Straits of Gibraltar to Cape Verde including the Canary Islands, and to Namibia. Also, off Portugal and in the Mediterranean.