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View Mode View All Pictures Species Virididentex acromegalus (Osório 1911)    Virididentex acromegalus was originally described as Dentex acromegalus by Osório in 1911. It belongs to the family Sparidae. It is commonly known as Bulldog dentex but has many other common names such as in Cape Verde as Odjita, in France as Denté du Cap Vert, in Portugal as Dentão-de-Cabo-Verde, in Spain as Sama bocona, in United Kingdom as Bulldog dentex. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Eastern Atlantic.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   acromegalus AuthorWI   Osório [B.] AuthorNI   Osório Qualification   --- Year   1911 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Spariformes Spariformes Family   Sparidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Virididentex Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Spariformes Family   Sparidae Genus   Virididentex Original Name   Dentex         Taxon Name   acromegalus Original Combination   Dentex acromegalus Original Genus   Dentex Original Genus Species   Dentex acromegalus OriginalSubGenus   Dentex Original Author   Osório Original AuthorWI   Osório [B.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1911 Original Family   Sparidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Ilha de Santo Antão, Cape Verde Islands. Primary Code   --- Page   61 Illustrations   Pl. 1 (fig. 1) SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Virididentex acromegalus Current Species   acromegalus Current Genus   Virididentex Current AuthorWI   Osório [B.] Current AuthorNI   Osório Current Year   1911 Current Family   Sparidae Current Subfamily   --- --- Habitat   benthopelagic         Water   Salt water Depth Range   From 40 to 60 meters.     Distribution   Eastern Atlantic. Current Summary   Valid as Virididentex acromegalus  (Osório 1911). Sparidae.   Name History   • Valid as Virididentex acromegalus  (Osório 1911) -- (Bauchot & Hureau 1990:812 [ref. 18793], Wirtz et al. 2013:127 [ref. 32972]). Common Names  Common Names Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations   Name Combinations References  References No data to paginate Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   No data to display Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') No data to paginate Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…