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Crenidens macracanthus
Crenidens macracanthus, Günther's karanteen, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. This fish is found in the Indian Ocean.
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Description
Crenidens macracanthus differs from its congeners by its second anal fin spine being much longer than the third. It has 12 spines and 10 soft rays supporting the dorsal fin while in the other species it is typically supported by 11 spines and 11 soft rays. Their teeth are also different being incisoriform with 5 points all roughly being equal in side, the three middle points being notably larger than the two outer points in the other species. The number of pored lateral line scales is lower, 47 or 48, compared to between 49 and 53 in C. crenudens and C. indicus. This species has a maximum published standard length of 14.6 cm (5.7 in).
Range & habitat
Crenidens macracanthus has been recorded from Chennai on the east coast of India and Karachi in Pakistan.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
In human culture
Crenidens macracanthus has the specific name macracanthus which means "large spined", a reference to the larger spines in the dorsal and anal fins relative to C. crenidens.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 445837.