Caprodon

Caprodon
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
Synonyms[1]
Neoanthias Castelnau 1879

Caprodon is a small genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Anthiadidae. It contains three species.[2]

Taxonomy

Caprodon was first established by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1843 based on the type species Anthias schlegelii.[1][3]

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.[4]

Species

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

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.