Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata - Sparidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 36009

Alternative spelling: Otolithus (Dentex)

Parent taxon: Sparidae according to A. F. Bannikov 2014

Sister taxa: Abromasta, Archosargus, Dentex microdon, Dentex ventralis, Dentinae, Diplodus, Ellaserrata, Pagellus, Pagrosomus, Pagrus, Plectrites, Pseudosparnodus, Rythmias, Sargus, Sciaenurus, Sparidarum, Sparnodus, Sparus, Spicara

Subtaxa: Dentex breviceps, Dentex crassispinus, Dentex gregarius, Dentex leptacanthus, Dentex macropthalmus, Dentex pentagonalis, Dentex pulcher, Dentex subnobilis

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore