Patlakgöz mercan
Dentex macrophthalmus
#nm_0001📍 Turkish Aegean
- Language
- Turkish
- Transliteration
- Patlakgoez mercan
- IPA
- /ˈpatlakɡœz meɾdʒan/
Compound: patlak + göz + mercan patlak: bulging, göz: eye, mercan: coral ↳ mercan from Arabic مرجان marjān (coral) ↳ marjān from Greek μαργαρίτης margarítēs (pearl) via Syriac
Distinct from sinarit despite both being dentex family.
Same species, different names
Large-eye dentexInternational
Patlakgöz mercanTurkish Aegean
Συναγρίδα μεγαλόφθαλμηGreece
دنتكس كبير العينEgypt