Lutjanus dentatus

BéarlaDiagnosis: head conical (Ref. 57393), slightly rounded, its dorsal profile curving gently (Ref. 55, 57393). Snout blunt (Ref. 57393). Preorbital bone broad (Ref. 55). Lips thick (Ref. 55, 57393). Vomerine tooth patch chevron-shaped in young individuals and triangular with a short postero-median prolongation in adults (Ref. 57393). Maxilla extending to about mid-eye level or beyond; preopercular notch and knob weak (Ref. 55). Scales moderate-sized (Ref. 57393). Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line (Ref. 55, 57393). 4-5 scale rows above lateral line and below middle of spinous part of dorsal fin (Ref. 57393). 9-10 transverse scale rows on cheek (Ref. 55, 57393). Smokey gray on back and upper sides grading to whitish pink on lower sides and belly; sides of juveniles with a series of alternating light and dark bars of about equal widths (Ref. 55, 57393).

• Mesoprion dentatus Duméril, 1861
• Lutjanus eutactus Bleeker, 1863