Genus Diplodus Rafinesque, 1810

Diplodus Rafinesque, 1810: 26, 54.

Diagnosis. Body oval, deep and compressed, head moderate. Mouth small and slightly oblique and somewhat protectile. Dorsal fin spines strong, normally graduate, not filamentous. In front of both jaws more than 6 enlarged incisiform teeth, followed by 1–3 rows of small molars. Preopercle flange and interorbital naked. More than 5 scale rows between 5th dorsal fin spine base to lateral line. Sixteen valid species, two in Pakistani waters.