Caprodon
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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
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| Synonyms [1] | |
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Caprodon is a small genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Anthiadidae. It contains three species.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit ]Caprodon was first established by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1843 based on the type species Anthias schlegelii .[1] [3]
Description
[edit ]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.[4]
Species
[edit ]FishBase recognizes five species of Caprodon:[5]
- Caprodon affinis Tanaka, 1924
- Caprodon krasyukovae Kharin, 1983 (Krasyukova's perch)
- Caprodon longimanus (Günther, 1859) (Pink maomao)
- Caprodon schlegelii (Günther, 1859) (Sunrise perch)
- Caprodon unicolor Katayama, 1975 (Elegant anthias)
References
[edit ]- ^ a b N. Bailly (2013). Bailly N (ed.). "Caprodon". FishBase . World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved September 25, 2013.
- ^ Joseph S. Nelson (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons. p. 346. ISBN 9780471756446.
- ^ William N. Eschmeyer, ed. (1998). Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. ISBN 0940228475.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Caprodon". FishBase . December 2019 version.
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