Morocco dentex

Dentex maroccanus

Seabream beneath the Atlantic Ocean

Morocco dentex is known around Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 45 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Sparidae
Genus: Dentex
Maximum length: 45 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay (occasionally further north) and southwestern Mediterranean to the Strait of Gibraltar and the Gulf of Guinea, possibly even further south.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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