Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Spariformes
Familia: Sparidae
Genus: Crenidens
Species: C. crenidens – C. indicus – C. macracanthus
Name
Crenidens Valenciennes in Georges Cuvier, 1830
Type species: Crenidens forskalii Valenciennes, 1830 (= Sparus crenidens Forsskål, 1775)
References
Cuvier, G. & Valenciennes, A.; 1830: Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. BHL
Links
Crenidens – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Crenidens species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.
Vernacular names
Crenidens is a small genus of three species of seabream from the family Sparidae from the western Indian Ocean. It was previously regarded as monotypic, with the sole species being the Karenteen sea bream Crenidens crenidens but two other species are now accepted as valid species, separate from the type species, C. crenidens.
Species
A three species is currently recognised,[1] It was considered to be monotypic but a second and third species are now regarded as valid.[2][3]
Crenidens crenidens (Forsskål, 1775) (Karanteen seabream)
Crenidens indicus Day,1873
Crenidens macracanthus Günther (1874 (Günther’s seabream)
References
Nicolas Bailey (2014). "Crenidens". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
Yukio Iwatsuki; James Maclaine (2013). "Validity of Crenidens macracanthus Günther 1874 (Pisces: Sparidae) from Chennai (Madras), India, with taxonomic statuses of the congeners (abstract)". Ichthyological Research. 60 (3): 241–248. doi:10.1007/s10228-013-0342-2.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). Species of Crenidens in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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