Common dentex
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Common dentex (Dentex dentex) is a species of Sparidae fish.
Dentex is a common fish in the Mediterranean Sea, but he has been seen also in the Black Sea and the Eastern Atlantic Ocean from the British Islands to Mauretania, sometimes up to Senegal and Canary Islands. It lives in sandy or stony deeps, from zero to 200 m, and is an active predator, feeding on other fish, mollusca and cephalopods.
It has usually a solitary behaviour, although youngsters forms swarms. Adult dentexes can reach one meter of length, and up to 14 kg of weight.
Youngs dentexes have a slightly different livery, in brown-blue with blue fins, than adults, which are in grey-blue. Youngsters are also less diffidant.
[edit] References
- Louisy, Patrick (2006). in Trainito, Egidio: Guida all'identificazione dei pesci marini d'Europa e del Mediterraneo. Milan: Il Castello. ISBN 888039472X.
