Caprodon
| Caprodon | |
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| Sunrise perch () | |
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| Pink maomao (Caprodon longimanus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Subfamily: | Anthiinae |
| Genus: | Caprodon Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 |
| Type species | |
Günther, 1859
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Caprodon is a small genus of fish belonging to the subfamily Anthiinae. It contains three species.[2]
Taxonomy[]
Caprodon was first established by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1843 based on the type species . It is classified under the subfamily Anthiadinae of the family Serranidae.[1][3]
Description[]
The genus Caprodon can be distinguished from Odontanthias and other Anthiinae 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[]
FishBase recognizes five species of Caprodon:[5]
- Tanaka, 1924
- Kharin, 1983 (Krasyukova's perch)
- Caprodon longimanus (Günther, 1859) (Pink maomao)
- (Günther, 1859) (Sunrise perch)
- , 1975 (Elegant anthias)
References[]
- ^ 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 Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. 26: 205–218.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Caprodon in FishBase. December 2019 version.
Categories:
- Anthiinae
- Marine fish genera