Sparidentex Munro, 1948

Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal, Amir, Shabir Ali & Masroor, Rafaqat, 2014, The sparid fishes of Pakistan, with new distribution records, Zootaxa 3857 (1), pp. 71-100 : 89

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3857.1.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6139429
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scientific name	Sparidentex Munro, 1948
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Genus Sparidentex Munro, 1948 View in CoL View at ENA

Sparidentex Munro, 1948: 275 View in CoL –280.

Diagnosis. Body compressed and little bit cylindrical. Mouth somewhat oblique. Dorsal-fin spines strong, normally graduate, not filamentous. In front of both jaws, 4–6 conical fang-like teeth, followed by 2–5 rows of villi-form teeth. Molar or molar like teeth lacking. Preopercular flange and interorbital naked. 5½ or less scale rows between 5th dorsal-fin spine base to lateral line. Anal-fin spine moderate to strong. Two valid species, both in Pakistani waters.