Crenidens Valenciennes, 1830

Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal, Amir, Shabir Ali & Masroor, Rafaqat, 2014, The sparid fishes of Pakistan, with new distribution records, Zootaxa 3857 (1), pp. 71-100 : 81

Genus Crenidens Valenciennes, 1830

Crenidens Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830: 377.

Diagnosis. Body oblong oval to deeper, a little compressed. Head moderate, upper profile of head in juveniles gently convex to dorsal fin origin. Mouth relatively small with two to three series of incisor-like teeth on both jaws, incisor-like teeth with five points well pointed initially but often worn out to form a flat cutting edge its outer teeth movable with brown edges and several rows of small molars inside of incisor-like teeth at posterior part of jaws ( Iwatsuki & Maclaine, 2013). Preopercle flange naked, scalation on top of head not extending beyond vertical diameter of eye. Three valid species, one in Pakistani waters.