After Carroll, 1988 and Nelson, 1994, with recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Denticinae
   |-- Argyrozona argyrozona (Valenciennes, 1830) (Carpenter seabream)
   |--o Cheimerius
   |  |-- C. matsubarai Akazaki, 1962 (Hoshierenko)
   |  `-- C. nufar (Valenciennes, 1830) (Santer seabream)
   |--o Dentex Cuvier, 814; [?Dentrex] Eoc. Plioc. Eu. Mioc. NZ. Plioc. NAf. R. Oc.
   |  |?- †D. ventralis Agassiz, 1839 (nomen dubium)
   |  |-- D. angolensis Poll & Maul, 1953 (Angola dentex)
   |  |-- D. barnardi Cadenat, 1970 (Barnard's dentex)
   |  |-- D. canariensis Steindachner, 1881 (Canary dentex)
   |  |-- D. congoensis Poll, 1954 (Congo dentex)
   |  |-- D. dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) (hammasahven; Common dentex)
   |  |-- D. gibbosus (Rafinesque, 1810) (Pink dentex)
   |  |-- D. macrophthalmus (Bloch, 1791) (Large-eye dentex)
   |  |-- D. maroccanus Valenciennes, 1830 (Morocco dentex)
   |  `-- D. tumifrons (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) (Yellowback seabream)
   |-- Petrus rupestris (Valenciennes, 1830) (Red steenbras)
   |--o Polysteganus
   |  |-- P. baissaci Smith, 1978 (Frenchman seabream)
   |  |-- P. coeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger, 1870) (Blueskin seabream)
   |  |-- P. praeorbitalis (Günther, 1859) (Scotsman seabream)
   |  `-- P. undulosus (Regan, 1908) (Seventy-four seabream)
   `-- Sparidentex hasta (Valenciennes, 1830) (Sobaity seabream)

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