WoRMS taxon details
Odontoscion dentex (Cuvier, 1830)
281837 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281837)
accepted
Species
Corvina dentex Cuvier, 1830 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Corvina dentex Cuvier, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. v. 5: i-xxviii + 1-499 + 4 pp., Pls. 100-140. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xx + 1-374 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 139, Pl. 109 [details]
page(s): 139, Pl. 109 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Odontoscion dentex (Cuvier, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281837 on 2026-05-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Corvina dentex Cuvier, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. v. 5: i-xxviii + 1-499 + 4 pp., Pls. 100-140. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xx + 1-374 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 139, Pl. 109 [details]
page(s): 139, Pl. 109 [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]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | reef croaker | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Corvina dentex Cuvier, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Odontoscion dentex)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Corvina dentex Cuvier, 1830)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 46 proteins)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 46 proteins) (from synonym Corvina dentex Cuvier, 1830)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Blennioidei USNM 404153 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Odontoscion dentex USNM 413375 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Corvina dentex Cuvier, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Odontoscion dentex)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Corvina dentex Cuvier, 1830)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 46 proteins)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 46 proteins) (from synonym Corvina dentex Cuvier, 1830)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Blennioidei USNM 404153 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Odontoscion dentex USNM 413375 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS