Fish of the Dentex genus of the Sparidae (sea breams or porgies) family of the superfamily Percoidea of the Percoidei suborder of the Perciformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Large-eye dentex. Photo by © Pedro Niny Duarte(c)ImagDOP. fishbase.org)
Large–eye dentex (Dentex macrophthalmus) was first described in 1791 by the German naturalist Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723-1799).
It inhabits the depth of 30-500 meters. It prefers to swim close to the rocky and sandy bottom. The maximum recorded length is 65 cm, specimens up to 30 cm long are more common. It feeds on fish and crustaceans.
(Large-eye dentex. Photo © newsea.dk)
It is a permanent rare inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of large–eye dentex (Dentex macrophthalmus) in other languages as follows:
Dentali symadh (Albanian), Големоок зъбар (Golemook Zibar) (Bulgarian), Grootoogtandbrasem (Dutch), Μπαλάς (Baljas) (Greek), Shenun gdol eyen (Hebrew), Cachucho (Spanish), Dentice occhione (Italian), Großaugen-Zahnbrasse (German), Kielczak wielkooki (Polish), Cachucho (Portuguese), Dentex cu ochi mari (Romanian), Большеглазый зубан (Boljsheglazyj zuban) (Russian), Zubačić rumeni, Zubačić rumenac (Serbian, Croatian), Veleoki zobatec (Slovenian), İrigözsinagrit balığı (Turkish), Denté à gros yeux (French).