# Crenidens

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Genus of fishes

Crenidens Crenidens indicus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Acanthuriformes Family: Sparidae Genus: Crenidens Valenciennes, 1830 Type species Crenidens forskalii Valenciennes, 1830

***Crenidens*** is a small genus of three species of [seabream](/source/Seabream) from the family [Sparidae](/source/Sparidae) from the western Indian Ocean. It was previously regarded as [monotypic](/source/Monotypic), with the sole species being the Karenteen sea bream *[Crenidens crenidens](/source/Crenidens_crenidens)* but two other species are now accepted as valid species, separate from the [type species](/source/Type_species), *C. crenidens*.

## Taxonomy

*Crenidens* was first proposed as a [monospecific genus](/source/Monospecific_genus) in 1830 by the French [zoologist](/source/Zoologist) [Achille Valenciennes](/source/Achille_Valenciennes) with *Crenidens forsskalii* as its only species and the [type species](/source/Type_species) by [monotypy](/source/Monotypy).[1] *C. forsskalii* is now considered to be a [synonym](/source/Synonym_(taxonomy)) of *Sparus crenidens*, originally [described](/source/Species_description) by [Peter Forsskål](/source/Peter_Forssk%C3%A5l) from the [Red Sea](/source/Red_Sea) of Saudi Arabia and Egypt in 1775.[2] This genus is placed in the family Sparidae within the [order](/source/Order_(biology)) [Spariformes](/source/Spariformes) by the 5th edition of *[Fishes of the World](/source/Fishes_of_the_World)*.[3] Some authorities classify this genus in the subfamily Boopsinae,[4] but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise subfamilies within the Sparidae.[3]

## Etymology

*Crenidens* combines *creni*, meaning “[crenulate](/source/Crenulate)”, with *dens*, which means “teeth”, an allusion to the crenulate [incisor](/source/Incisor)-like teeth of these fishes. This is not [tautonymous](/source/Tautonym) with *Sparus crenidens* as Valenciennes had unnecessarily renamed that species *C. forskalii*.[5]

## Species

*Crenidens* contains three recognised species.[6] It was considered to be [monotypic](/source/Monotypic_taxon) but a second and third species are now regarded as valid.[7][8]

- *[Crenidens crenidens](/source/Crenidens_crenidens)* ([Forsskål](/source/Peter_Forssk%C3%A5l), 1775) (Karanteen seabream)

- *[Crenidens indicus](/source/Crenidens_indicus)* [Day](/source/Francis_Day), 1873 (Day's karanteen seabream)

- *[Crenidens macracanthus](/source/Crenidens_macracanthus)* [Günther](/source/Albert_C._L._G._G%C3%BCnther) (1874 (Günther's karanteen)

## Characteristics

*Crenidens* seabreams have 2 rows of incisor-like teeth in each jaw, there may be a third row in the upper jaw, these teeth have 5 points on their cutting edges and the brown edged outer teeth can be moved. They also have several rows of molar like teeth. The cheeks are scaled and there are no curved teeth in the front of the mouth. They have deep, uniformly coloured bodies with relatively small eyes.[9] The largest species in the genus is *C. crenidens* with a maximum published [total length](/source/Total_length) of 30 cm (12 in) while the smallest is *C. macracanthus* which has a maximum published [standard length](/source/Standard_length) of 14.6 cm (5.7 in).[8]

## Distribution

*Crenidens* seabreams are native to the Indian Ocean.[8] *C. crenidens* has colonised the Mediterranean Sea probably by [Lessepsian migration](/source/Lessepsian_migration) from the [Red Sea](/source/Red_Sea) through the [Suez Canal](/source/Suez_Canal).[10]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CofF_1-0)** Fricke, Ron; [Eschmeyer, William N.](/source/William_N._Eschmeyer) & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). ["Genera in the family Sparidae"](http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Sparidae). *[Catalog of Fishes](/source/Catalog_of_Fishes)*. [California Academy of Sciences](/source/California_Academy_of_Sciences). Retrieved 11 January 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CofF2_2-0)** Fricke, Ron; [Eschmeyer, William N.](/source/William_N._Eschmeyer) & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). ["Species in the genus *Crenidens*"](http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Crenidens). *[Catalog of Fishes](/source/Catalog_of_Fishes)*. [California Academy of Sciences](/source/California_Academy_of_Sciences). Retrieved 12 January 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Nelson5_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Nelson5_3-1) [Nelson, J.S.](/source/Joseph_S._Nelson); Grande, T.C.; Wilson, M.V.H. (2016). *Fishes of the World* (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: [John Wiley & Sons](/source/John_Wiley_%26_Sons). pp. 502–506. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1002/9781119174844](https://doi.org/10.1002%2F9781119174844). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-118-34233-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-118-34233-6). [LCCN](/source/LCCN_(identifier)) [2015037522](https://lccn.loc.gov/2015037522). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [951899884](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/951899884). [OL](/source/OL_(identifier)) [25909650M](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25909650M).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Parenti_4-0)** Parenti, P. (2019). ["An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Sparidae"](https://fishtaxa.com/menuscript/index.php/ft/article/view/49/52). *FishTaxa*. **4** (2): 47–98.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ETYFish_5-0)** ["Order SPARIFORMES: Families LETHRINIDAE, NEMIPTERIDAE and SPARIDAE"](https://web.archive.org/web/20231030165034/https://etyfish.org/spariformes/). *The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database*. Christopher Scharpf. 22 December 2023. Archived from [the original](https://etyfish.org/spariformes/) on 30 October 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-WoRMS_6-0)** Nicolas Bailey (2014). ["*Crenidens*"](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126074). *WoRMS*. [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species). Retrieved 14 February 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Iwatsuki_7-0)** 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](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/s10228-013-0342-2](https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10228-013-0342-2).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Fishbase_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Fishbase_8-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Fishbase_8-2) [Froese, Rainer](/source/Rainer_Froese); [Pauly, Daniel](/source/Daniel_Pauly) (eds.). ["Species in genus *Crenidens*"](https://www.fishbase.org/identification/SpeciesList.php?genus=Crenidens). *[FishBase](/source/FishBase)*. October 2023 version.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-WIOF_9-0)** Yukio Iwatsuki and Phillip C Heemstra (2022). "Family Sparidae". In [Phillip C Heemstra](/source/Phil_Heemstra); Elaine Heemstra; David A Ebert; Wouter Holleman; and [John E Randall](/source/John_Ernest_Randall) (eds.). [*Coastal Fishes of the Western Indian Ocean*](https://saiab.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1._wiof_volume_3_text.pdf) (PDF). Vol. 3. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity. pp. 284–315. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-990951-32-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-990951-32-9).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Golani2021_10-0)** Golani, Daniel; Azzurro, Ernesto; Jakov, Dulčić; Massutí, Enric; Orsi Relini, Lidia; Briand, Frederic (2021). "*Crenidens crenidens*". [*Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea*](https://ciesm.org/atlas/fishes_2nd_edition/Crenidens_crenidens.pdf) (PDF) (2 ed.). Paris,Monaco: CIESM Publishers.

Taxon identifiers Crenidens Wikidata: Q2341414 Wikispecies: Crenidens BOLD: 34748 CoL: 3VK7 GBIF: 2381272 iNaturalist: 87679 IRMNG: 1107300 ITIS: 647866 NCBI: 119707 Open Tree of Life: 219679 Paleobiology Database: 35996 WoRMS: 126074

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