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Dentex congoensis Poll, 1954

Congo dentex
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Sao Tome and Principe country information

Common names: Mamaminha, Vermelho dente
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from São Tomé Island based on specimen caught by local fishers and photographed by Jean Worms (Ref. 34088). Also Ref. 34667.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Afonso, P., F.M. Porteiro, R.S. Santos, J.P. Barreiros, J. Worms and P. Wirtz, 1999
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Common names from other countries

Denté congolais, Dentón congolés, Kielczak kongijski, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Dentex: Latin, dens, dentis = teeth (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Poll.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 130 - 400 m (Ref. 2683), usually 150 - 200 m (Ref. 2683).   Deep-water; 15°N - 13°S

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Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Angola.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2683); common length : 40.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2683)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabits various types of bottoms on the continental shelf and upper slope, down to at least 200 m, older individuals occurring at greater depths. Feeds mainly on fish, and to a lesser extent, on tunicates and mollusks (Ref. 3688). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

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Bauchot, M.-L., J.-C. Hureau and J.C. Miguel, 1981. Sparidae. In W. Fischer, G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Central Atlantic. (Fishing Areas 34, 47 (in part)). volume 4. [var. pag.] FAO, Rome. (Ref. 2715)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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