''Crenidens'' is a small genus of three species of
seabream
The Sparidae are a family of fish in the order Perciformes, commonly called sea breams and porgies. The sheepshead, scup, and red seabream are species in this family. Most sparids are deep-bodied compressed fish with a small mouth separated by ...
from the family
Sparidae from the western Indian Ocean. It was previously regarded as
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
, 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
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
, ''C. crenidens''.
Species
''Crenidens'' contains three recognised species.
[ ] It was considered to be
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
but a second and third species are now regarded as valid.
* ''
Crenidens crenidens''
( Forsskål, 1775) (Karanteen seabream)
* ''
Crenidens indicus''
Day,1873
* ''
Crenidens macracanthus''
Günther (1874 (Günther’s seabream)
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2341414
Sparidae