{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image= Caprodon schlegelii.001 - Aquarium Finisterrae.jpg | image_caption= Sunrise perch (''Caprodon schlegelii'') | image2= Pink_maomao_Caprodon_longimanus.jpg | image2_caption= Pink maomao (''Caprodon longimanus'') | taxon = Caprodon | authority =Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 | synonyms_ref=<ref name="worms">{{cite WoRMS|author=N. Bailly|year=2013|id= 268648 |title=''Caprodon''|db=fish|access-date=September 25, 2013}}</ref> | synonyms = *''Neoanthias'' <small>Castelnau 1879</small> | type_species = ''Anthias schlegelii'' | type_species_authority= Günther, 1859 }}
'''''Caprodon''''' is a small genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Anthiadidae. It contains three species.<ref name="nelson">{{cite book|author=Joseph S. Nelson|title =Fishes of the World|publisher =John Wiley & Sons|year =2006|page=346|isbn =9780471756446}}</ref>
==Taxonomy== ''Caprodon'' was first established by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1843 based on the type species ''Anthias schlegelii''.<ref name="worms"/><ref name="Esch">{{cite book|editor=William N. Eschmeyer|title =Catalog of Fishes|publisher =California Academy of Sciences |year =1998|isbn =0940228475 |url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=1794}}</ref>
==Description== <!--NOTE: This description contains verbatim text from the referenced source, which is in public domain-->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.<ref name="jordan">{{cite journal |author=David Starr Jordan |author2=John Otterbein Snyder |name-list-style=amp |year=1906 |title=Notes on fishes of Hawaii, with descriptions of new species |journal=Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission |volume=26|pages=205–218 |url=https://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/pdf-content/fish-bull/fb26.8.pdf }}</ref>
==Species== FishBase recognizes five species of ''Caprodon'':<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase genus | genus=Caprodon | month=December |year = 2019 }}</ref>
*''Caprodon affinis'' <small>Tanaka, 1924</small> *''Caprodon krasyukovae'' <small>Kharin, 1983</small> (Krasyukova's perch) *''Caprodon longimanus'' <small>(Günther, 1859)</small> (Pink maomao) *''Caprodon schlegelii'' <small>(Günther, 1859)</small> (Sunrise perch) *''Caprodon unicolor'' <small>Katayama, 1975</small> (Elegant anthias)
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Category:Anthiadidae Category:Marine fish genera Category:Perciformes genera Category:Taxa named by Hermann Schlegel Category:Taxa named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck
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