WoRMS taxon details
Virididentex acromegalus (Osório, 1911)
283157 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283157)
accepted
Species
Dentex acromegalus Osório, 1911 · unaccepted
Sparus acromegalus (Osório, 1911) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dentex acromegalus Osório, 1911) Osório, B. (1911). Peixes colhidos nas visinhancas do archipelago de Cabo Verde. <em>Memorias do Museu Bocage, Lisboa.</em> v. 2: 51-77, Pls. 1-2. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Virididentex acromegalus (Osório, 1911). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283157 on 2026-07-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dentex acromegalus Osório, 1911) Osório, B. (1911). Peixes colhidos nas visinhancas do archipelago de Cabo Verde. <em>Memorias do Museu Bocage, Lisboa.</em> v. 2: 51-77, Pls. 1-2. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Dentex acromegalus Osório, 1911)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Virididentex acromegalus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Dentex acromegalus Osório, 1911)
To FishBase (from synonym Sparus acromegalus (Osório, 1911))
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Dentex acromegalus Osório, 1911)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Virididentex acromegalus USNM 405196 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Virididentex acromegalus USNM 405197 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Dentex acromegalus Osório, 1911)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Virididentex acromegalus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Dentex acromegalus Osório, 1911)
To FishBase (from synonym Sparus acromegalus (Osório, 1911))
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Dentex acromegalus Osório, 1911)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Virididentex acromegalus USNM 405196 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Virididentex acromegalus USNM 405197 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
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