Morocco dentex
Dentex maroccanus Valenciennes, 1830
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dentex maroccanus Valenciennes, 1830
- Name authority
- Valenciennes, 1830
- Common name
- Morocco dentex
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Sparidae
- Genus
- Dentex
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familySparidae Rafinesque, 1818
- genusDentex Cuvier, 1814
- speciesDentex maroccanus Valenciennes, 1830
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dentex. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Yellowfin sea breamDentex abei Iwatsuki, Akazaki & Taniguchi, 2007 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dentex canariensis Steindachner, 1881 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Congo dentexDentex congoensis Poll, 1954 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| common dentexDentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dentex spariformis Ogilby, 1910 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dentex carpenteri Iwatsuki, Newman & Russell, 2015 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Angolan dentexDentex angolensis Poll & Maul, 1953 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dentex barnardi Cadenat, 1970 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dentex gibbosus (Rafinesque, 1810) | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dentex hypselosomus Bleeker, 1854 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dentex macrophthalmus (Bloch, 1791) | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Diagramma maroccanus (Valenciennes, 1830) (Valenciennes, 1830) | synonym |
| Dentex parvulus de Brito Capello, 1867 de Brito Capello, 1867 | synonym |
| Dentex (Polysteganus) maroccanus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- 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.]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:34TTZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.