Caprodon Explained

Caprodon is a small genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Anthiadidae. It contains three species.^[1]

Taxonomy

Caprodon was first established by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1843 based on the type species Anthias schlegelii.^[2]

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.^[3]

Species

FishBase recognizes five species of Caprodon:

• 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)

Notes and References

1. Book: Joseph S. Nelson. Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons. 2006. 346. 9780471756446.
2. Book: William N. Eschmeyer. Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences . 1998. 0940228475 .
3. David Starr Jordan . John Otterbein Snyder . amp . 1906 . Notes on fishes of Hawaii, with descriptions of new species . Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission . 26. 205–218 .