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Genus of ray-finned fishes

Caprodon
Sunrise perch (Caprodon schlegelii)
Pink maomao (Caprodon longimanus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Anthiadidae
Genus: Caprodon
Temminck & Schlegel, 1843
Type species
Anthias schlegelii
Günther, 1859
Synonyms
  • Neoanthias Castelnau 1879

Caprodon is a small genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Anthiadidae. It contains three species.

Taxonomy

Caprodon was first established by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1843 based on the type species Anthias schlegelii.

Description

The genus Caprodon can be distinguished from Odontanthias and other anthias with teeth on the tongue, by the asymmetrical pectoral fins, the truncate caudal fin, the presence of a scaly dorsal sheath, and by the many-rayed soft dorsal fin.

Species

FishBase recognizes five species of Caprodon:

References

  1. ^ N. Bailly (2013). Bailly N (ed.). "Caprodon". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  2. Joseph S. Nelson (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons. p. 346. ISBN 9780471756446.
  3. William N. Eschmeyer, ed. (1998). Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. ISBN 0940228475.
  4. David Starr Jordan & John Otterbein Snyder (1906). "Notes on fishes of Hawaii, with descriptions of new species" (PDF). Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. 26: 205–218.
  5. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Caprodon". FishBase. December 2019 version.
Taxon identifiers
Caprodon


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