Jaws extend back to vertical of anterior nostril. The inner rows with a few similar shaped teeth, other teeth granular.
Scales finely ctenoid.
Eggs and larvae planktonic. Crenidens crenidens crenidens occurred also in eastern Africa and the second subspecies, Crenidens crenidens indicus , extends to the Arabian Gulf and Nicobar Islands. Check-list of bony fishes collected from the Mediterranean coast of Benghazi, Libya. Golani D., 1992. Lourie A. and Ben-Tuvia A., 1970.