# Ctenodentex

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Extinct genus of fishes

Ctenodentex Temporal range: Bartonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Illustration of holotype specimen Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Acanthuriformes Family: Sparidae Genus: †Ctenodentex Storms, 1896 Species: †C. laekeniensis Binomial name †Ctenodentex laekeniensis (van Beneden, 1872) Synonyms †Dentex laekeniensis van Beneden, 1872 †Serranus wemmeliensis Storms, 1896 †Plesioserranus Casier, 1966

***Ctenodentex*** is an extinct [genus](/source/Genus) of prehistoric [seabream](/source/Sparidae) from the [middle Eocene](/source/Eocene) of Europe.[1][2] It contains a single species, ***C. laekeniensis***, from the [Bartonian](/source/Bartonian)-aged [Wemmel Member](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wemmel_Member&action=edit&redlink=1) of the [Maldegem Formation](/source/Maldegem_Formation) in [Belgium](/source/Belgium).[3][4][5] It was initially described as *Dentex laekeniensis* before being placed in its own genus, *Ctenodentex*, although some authors continue to classify it in *[Dentex](/source/Dentex)*.[3]

*Plesioserranus* Casier, 1966, a putative [serranid](/source/Serranidae) from the same formation which only contains the single species *P. wemmeliensis* Storms, 1896 (=*[Serranus](/source/Serranus) wemmeliensis* Storms, 1896), was found to be synonymous with *C. laekeniensis* based on their identical [otolith](/source/Otolith) morphology.[3]

## See also

- [Paleontology portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Paleontology)
- [Fish portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Fish)

- [Prehistoric fish](/source/Prehistoric_fish)

- [List of prehistoric bony fish](/source/List_of_prehistoric_bony_fish)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["PBDB Taxon"](https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=txn:35998). *paleobiodb.org*. Retrieved 2024-06-27.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Day, Julia J. (2002). ["Evolutionary relationships of the Sparidae (Teleostei: Percoidei): integrating fossil and Recent data"](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/earth-and-environmental-science-transactions-of-royal-society-of-edinburgh/article/abs/evolutionary-relationships-of-the-sparidae-teleostei-percoidei-integrating-fossil-and-recent-data/6DCC5E669647CC5DE9A36860CDE24D18). *Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh*. **93** (4): 333–353. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1017/S0263593300000468](https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0263593300000468). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1473-7116](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1473-7116).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_3-2) Schwarzhans, Werner; Beckett, Hermione T.; Schein, Jason D.; Friedman, Matt (2018). Rahman, Imran (ed.). ["Computed tomography scanning as a tool for linking the skeletal and otolith-based fossil records of teleost fishes"](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.12349). *Palaeontology*. **61** (4): 511–541. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2018Palgy..61..511S](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018Palgy..61..511S). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1111/pala.12349](https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fpala.12349). [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[2027.42/144669](https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42%2F144669). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0031-0239](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0031-0239).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Ctenodentex lakeniensis (P.J. Van Beneden, 1872) — RBINS Virtual Collections"](https://virtualcollections.naturalsciences.be/virtual-collections/paleontology/Fossil%20Vertebrates/Fossil%20Fishes/ctenodentex-lakeniensis-p-j-van-beneden-1872). *virtualcollections.naturalsciences.be*. Retrieved 2024-06-27.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Leriche, Maurice (1905). [*Les poissons éocènes de la Belgique*](https://books.google.com/books?id=cdkqAAAAYAAJ) (in French). Polleunis & Ceuterick, impr.

Taxon identifiers Ctenodentex Wikidata: Q5191649 GBIF: 4572513 IRMNG: 1044848 Paleobiology Database: 35998

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