Caprodon

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

Caprodon
Sunrise perch (Caprodon schlegelii)
Pink maomao (Caprodon longimanus)
Scientific classification
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

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)