†Dentex elegans Prochazka 1893 (perch-like fish)
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Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Sparidae
Alternative combination: Sparidarum elegans
Belongs to Dentex according to W. Schwarzhans 1978
Sister taxa: Dentex (Cheimerius), Dentex (Polysteganus), Dentex balonggensis, Dentex barbarus, Dentex breviceps, Dentex crassispinus, Dentex faujasii, Dentex gregarius, Dentex leptacanthus, Dentex microdon, Dentex nobilis, Dentex pentagonalis, Dentex pulcher, Dentex subnobilis, Dentex tardinensis, Dentex ventralis, Otolithus (Dentex) dubius
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cetona, Provinz Siena, Bioclastic packstone (Pliocene of Italy)
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