Crenidens indicus
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| Crenidens indicus | |
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| Crenidens indicus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Sparidae |
| Genus: | Crenidens |
| Species: | C. indicus |
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| Crenidens indicus Day, 1873 | |
Crenidens indicus. Day's karanteen bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. This species is found in the Indian Ocean.
Crenidens indicus was first formally described in 1873 by the English zoologist Francis Day with its type locality given as the northern Indian Ocean. This taxon was previously treated as a subspecies of Crenidens crenidens[2] but was recognised as a valid species in 2013.[3] The genus Crenidens is placed in the family Sparidae within the order Spariformes by the 5th edition of Fishes of the World.[4] Some authorities classify this genus in the subfamily Boopsinae,[5] but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise subfamilies within the Sparidae.[4]