Bulldog dentex
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| Genus: | Virididentex
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| Species: | V. acromegalus
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| Virididentex acromegalus (Osório, 1911)
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Virididentex acromegalus (common name: bulldog dentex) is a species of carnivorous marine fish of the family Sparidae. It is the only species of the genus Virididentex.[2] It is endemic to Cape Verde, where it occurs between 40 and 150 metres depth.[1]
This fish lives in rocky bottoms, and grows to an average length of 30 cm, maximum 52 cm.[3]
References
- ^ a b Pollard, D.; Carpenter, K.E.; Russell, B. (2014). "Virididentex acromegalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T170246A1300886. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T170246A1300886.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Virididentex Poll, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 January 2019.
- ^ Virididentex acromegalus at FishBase
Further reading
Wikispecies has information related to Bulldog dentex.
- Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol. 1–3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN 0-940228-47-5.
- Fenner, Robert M. The Conscientious Marine Aquarist. Neptune City, New Jersey, USA: T.F.H. Publications, 2001.
- Helfman, G., B. Collette and D. Facey: The diversity of fishes. Blackwell Science, Malden, Massachusetts, USA, 1997.
- Hoese, D.F. 1986. A M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany
- Maugé, L.A. 1986. A J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren, Flanders; and ORSTOM, Paris, France, Vol. 2.
- Moyle, P. and J. Cech.: Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology, 4th ed., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA: Prentice-Hall. 2000.
- Nelson, J.: Fishes of the World, 3rd ed.. New York, USA: John Wiley and Sons., 1994
- Wheeler, A.: The World Encyclopedia of Fishes, 2nd ed., London: Macdonald., 1985
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