Caprodon
Appearance
Caprodon | |
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Sunrise perch (Caprodon schlegelii) | |
Pink maomao (Caprodon longimanus) | |
Scientific 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.