Dentex maroccanus Valenciennes, 1830

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 maroccanus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 45 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: demersal

Depth range: 20-500 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2014)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Bay of Biscay (occasionally further north) and southwestern Mediterranean to the Strait of Gibraltar and the Gulf of Guinea, possibly even further south.