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| Illustration of holotype specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Sparidae |
| Genus: | † Ctenodentex Storms, 1896 |
| Species: | †C. laekeniensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ctenodentex laekeniensis (van Beneden, 1872) | |
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Ctenodentex is an extinct genus of prehistoric seabream from the middle Eocene of Europe. [1] [2] It contains a single species, C. laekeniensis, from the Bartonian-aged Wemmel Member of the Maldegem Formation in Belgium. [3] [4] [5] It was initially described as Dentex laekeniensis before being placed in its own genus, Ctenodentex, although some authors continue to classify it in Dentex . [3]
PlesioserranusCasier, 1966, a putative serranid from the same formation which only contains the single species P. wemmeliensisStorms, 1896 (= Serranus wemmeliensisStorms, 1896), was found to be synonymous with C. laekeniensis based on their identical otolith morphology. [3]
