Genus Argyrops Swainson, 1839

Argyrops (subgenus of Chrysophrys) Swainson, 1839: 171, 221.

Diagnosis. Body deep and strongly compressed, head large. Mouth slightly oblique. First two dorsal-fin spines very short, 3rd to 5th spine or 7th flattened and much elongated, filamentous in juveniles. In front of both jaws, 4–6 conical teeth, followed by 2 rows of molar like teeth in both jaws, those of outer row bluntly conical anteriorly. No single greatly enlarged molar present posteriorly. Preopercluar flange naked; interorbital with scales, scales reaching beyond level of vertical diameter of eye. Four valid species, one in Pakistani waters.