''Caprodon'' is a small

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ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

belonging to the

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Anthiadidae Anthias are members of the family Anthiadidae in the order Perciformes. The group has also been called Anthiidae or Anthiinae, but these names are preoccupied by a subfamily of ground beetles in the family Carabidae erected by Bonelli in 1813 ...

. It contains three species.

Taxonomy

''Caprodon'' was first established by

Coenraad Jacob Temminck Coenraad Jacob Temminck (; 31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch people, Dutch patrician, Zoology, zoologist and museum director. Biography Coenraad Jacob Temminck was born on 31 March 1778 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic. Fro ...

and

Hermann Schlegel Hermann Schlegel (10 June 1804 – 17 January 1884) was a German ornithologist, herpetologist and ichthyologist. Early life and education Schlegel was born at Altenburg, the son of a brassfounder. His father collected butterflies, which stimulated ...

in 1843 based on the

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'' Anthias schlegelii''.

Description

The genus ''Caprodon'' can be distinguished from '' Odontanthias'' and other anthias with teeth on the tongue, by the asymmetrical

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s, the truncate

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, the presence of a scaly dorsal sheath, and by the many-rayed soft

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Species

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recognizes five species of ''Caprodon'': *'' Caprodon affinis''

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, 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

Anthiadidae Marine fish genera Perciformes genera Taxa named by Hermann Schlegel Taxa named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck {{Anthiadidae-stub