• Dentex Cuvier, 1814
• Dentex (Cheimerius)
• Dentex (Cheimerius) canariensis Steindachner, 1881 represented as Dentex canariensis Steindachner, 1881
• Dentex (Cheimerius) gibbosus (Rafinesque, 1810) represented as Dentex gibbosus (Rafinesque, 1810)
• Dentex (Dentex)
• Dentex (Dentex) dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Dentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Dentex (Polysteganus)
• Dentex (Polysteganus) macrophthalmus (Bloch, 1791) represented as Dentex macrophthalmus (Bloch, 1791)
• Dentex (Polysteganus) maroccanus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 represented as Dentex maroccanus Valenciennes, 1830
• Dentex abei Iwatsuki, Akazaki & Taniguchi, 2007
• Dentex acromegalus Osório, 1911 accepted as Virididentex acromegalus (Osório, 1911)
• Dentex albus Gilchrist, 1914 accepted as Cheimerius nufar (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Dentex angolensis Poll & Maul, 1953
• Dentex argyrozona Valenciennes, 1830 accepted as Argyrozona argyrozona (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Dentex balinensis Bleeker, 1858 accepted as Nemipterus balinensis (Bleeker, 1858)
• Dentex barnardi Cadenat, 1970
• Dentex bipunctatus Valenciennes, 1830 accepted as Nemipterus bipunctatus (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Dentex blochii Bleeker, 1851 accepted as Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch, 1791)
• Dentex brevis Kner, 1865 accepted as Petrus rupestris (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Dentex canariensis Steindachner, 1881
• Dentex carpenteri Iwatsuki, Newman & Russell, 2015
• Dentex celebicus Bleeker, 1854 accepted as Nemipterus celebicus (Bleeker, 1854)
• Dentex coeruleopunctatus Klunzinger, 1870 accepted as Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger, 1870)
• Dentex congoensis Poll, 1954
• Dentex cuninghamii Regan, 1905 accepted as Pagellus bellottii Steindachner, 1882
• Dentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Dentex filamentosus Valenciennes, 1830 accepted as Nemipterus nematophorus (Bleeker, 1854)
• Dentex filifer Castelnau, 1875 accepted as Pentapodus paradiseus (Günther, 1859)
• Dentex filiformis Seale, 1910 accepted as Pentapodus setosus (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Dentex filosus Valenciennes, 1841 accepted as Dentex gibbosus (Rafinesque, 1810)
• Dentex fourmanoiri Akazaki & Séret, 1999
• Dentex furcosus Valenciennes, 1830 accepted as Nemipterus furcosus (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Dentex gibbosus (Rafinesque, 1810)
• Dentex gracilis Bleeker, 1873 accepted as Nemipterus gracilis (Bleeker, 1873)
• Dentex griseus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 accepted as Gymnocranius griseus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
• Dentex hasta Valenciennes, 1830 accepted as Sparidentex hasta (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Dentex hexodon Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Nemipterus hexodon (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
• Dentex hypselognathus Bleeker, 1873 accepted as Nemipterus furcosus (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Dentex hypselosoma Bleeker, 1854 accepted as Dentex hypselosomus Bleeker, 1854
• Dentex hypselosomus Bleeker, 1854
• Dentex isacanthus Bleeker, 1873 accepted as Nemipterus isacanthus (Bleeker, 1873)
• Dentex lethrinoides Bleeker, 1850 accepted as Gymnocranius grandoculis (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Dentex lineopunctatus Boulenger, 1903 accepted as Polysteganus lineopunctatus (Boulenger, 1903)
• Dentex lycogenis Bennett, 1831 accepted as Gnathodentex aureolineatus (Lacepède, 1802)
• Dentex macrophathalmus (Bloch, 1791) accepted as Dentex macrophthalmus (Bloch, 1791)
• Dentex macrophtalmus (Bloch, 1791) accepted as Dentex macrophthalmus (Bloch, 1791)
• Dentex macrophthalmus (Bloch, 1791)
• Dentex maculatus Pérez Canto, 1886 accepted as Semicossyphus darwini (Jenyns, 1842)
• Dentex marginatus Valenciennes, 1830 accepted as Nemipterus marginatus (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Dentex maroccanus Valenciennes, 1830
• Dentex matsubarae (Jordan & Evermann, 1902) accepted as Nemipterus virgatus (Houttuyn, 1782)
• Dentex mesoprion Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Nemipterus mesoprion (Bleeker, 1853)
• Dentex metopias Bleeker, 1857 accepted as Nemipterus zysron (Bleeker, 1856)
• Dentex microdon Bleeker, 1851 accepted as Gymnocranius microdon (Bleeker, 1851)
• Dentex miles Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 accepted as Cheimerius nufar (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Dentex mulloides Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Nemipterus peronii (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Dentex natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 accepted as Polysteganus lineopunctatus (Boulenger, 1903)
• Dentex nematophorus Bleeker, 1854 accepted as Nemipterus nematophorus (Bleeker, 1854)
• Dentex nematopus Bleeker, 1851 accepted as Nemipterus nematopus (Bleeker, 1851)
• Dentex nemurus Bleeker, 1857 accepted as Nemipterus nemurus (Bleeker, 1857)
• Dentex notatus Day, 1871 accepted as Nemipterus hexodon (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
• Dentex nufar Valenciennes, 1830 accepted as Cheimerius nufar (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Dentex obtusus van Hasselt & Müller, 1873 accepted as Nemipterus peronii (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Dentex ovenii Bleeker, 1854 accepted as Nemipterus furcosus (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Dentex parvulus de Brito Capello, 1867 accepted as Dentex maroccanus Valenciennes, 1830
• Dentex peronii Valenciennes, 1830 accepted as Nemipterus peronii (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Dentex polli Roux, 1954 accepted as Dentex angolensis Poll & Maul, 1953
• Dentex praeorbitalis Günther, 1859 accepted as Polysteganus praeorbitalis (Günther, 1859)
• Dentex pristipoma Bleeker, 1854 accepted as Pristipomoides argyrogrammicus (Valenciennes, 1832)
• Dentex rivulatus Rüppell, 1838 accepted as Gymnocranius grandoculis (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Dentex robinsoni Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909 accepted as Gymnocranius grandoculis (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Dentex ruber Valenciennes, 1830 accepted as Nemipterus hexodon (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
• Dentex rupestris Valenciennes, 1830 accepted as Petrus rupestris (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Dentex setigerus Valenciennes, 1830 accepted as Nemipterus virgatus (Houttuyn, 1782)
• Dentex smithii Steindachner, 1868 accepted as Nemipterus peronii (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Dentex spariformis Ogilby, 1910
• Dentex striatus Valenciennes, 1830 accepted as Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch, 1791)
• Dentex sumbawensis Bleeker, 1859 accepted as Nemipterus nematopus (Bleeker, 1851)
• Dentex sundanensis Bleeker, 1873 accepted as Nemipterus furcosus (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Dentex taeniopterus Valenciennes, 1830 accepted as Nemipterus hexodon (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
• Dentex tambuloides Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Nemipterus tambuloides (Bleeker, 1853)
• Dentex tambulus Valenciennes, 1830 accepted as Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch, 1791)
• Dentex tolu Valenciennes, 1830 accepted as Nemipterus peronii (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Dentex tumifrons (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) accepted as Evynnis tumifrons (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
• Dentex undulosus Regan, 1908 accepted as Polysteganus undulosus (Regan, 1908)
• Dentex upeneoides Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Nemipterus furcosus (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Dentex vulgaris Valenciennes, 1830 accepted as Dentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Dentex zysron Bleeker, 1856 accepted as Nemipterus zysron (Bleeker, 1856)