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Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Dentex: Latin, dens, dentis = teeth (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal, usually 50 - 200 m (Ref. 75039). Temperate
Distribution
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Northwest Pacific: southern Japan (except the Ryukyu and Ogasawara Islands), southern Korea, China, and western Taiwan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75039)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: D XII,10; pectoral fin rays usually 15 and rarely 16; small orbit diameterl, 2.66-3.87, mean 3.32, in head length; snout angle blunt, 82°-88°, mean 83°. Colour of the body: red dorsally, becoming pale red ventrally with a yellowish gold sheen, snout vivid yellow, 3 large fluorescent yellow blotches dorsally beneath dorsal fin base and a black iris sized yellow spot on base of posteriormost soft dorsal fin ray, clearly visible from oblique dorsal view; eye uniformly prominent reddish-gold; prominent yellow blotch on anterior nostril and snout region; dorsal fin membrane and rays orange-yellow to pale red but with a longitudinal hyaline stripe beneath fin base, and soft membrane and rays saffron-yellow (Ref. 75039).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Iwatsuki, Y., M. Akazaki and N. Taniguchi, 2007. Review of the species of the genus Dentex (Perciformes:Sparidae) in the Western Pacific defined as the D. hypselosomus complex with the description of a new species, Dentex abei and a redescription of Evynnis tumifrons. Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci. Ser. A. Suppl. 1:29-49. (Ref. 75039)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01905 (0.01065 - 0.03411), b=3.02 (2.87 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.7 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100).
