# Caprodon

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{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}}
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| image= Caprodon schlegelii.001 - Aquarium Finisterrae.jpg
| image_caption= Sunrise perch (''[Caprodon schlegelii](/source/Caprodon_schlegelii)'')
| image2= Pink_maomao_Caprodon_longimanus.jpg
| image2_caption= Pink maomao (''[Caprodon longimanus](/source/Caprodon_longimanus)'')
| taxon = Caprodon
| authority =[Temminck](/source/Coenraad_Jacob_Temminck) & [Schlegel](/source/Hermann_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](/source/Caprodon_schlegelii)''
| type_species_authority= Günther, 1859
}}

'''''Caprodon''''' is a small [genus](/source/genus) of [ray-finned fish](/source/ray-finned_fish) belonging to the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Anthiadidae](/source/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](/source/Coenraad_Jacob_Temminck) and [Hermann Schlegel](/source/Hermann_Schlegel) in 1843 based on the [type species](/source/type_species) ''[Anthias schlegelii](/source/Caprodon_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](/source/Odontanthias)'' and other anthias with teeth on the tongue, by the asymmetrical [pectoral fin](/source/pectoral_fin)s, the truncate [caudal fin](/source/caudal_fin), the presence of a scaly dorsal sheath, and by the many-rayed soft [dorsal fin](/source/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](/source/FishBase) recognizes five species of ''Caprodon'':<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase genus | genus=Caprodon | month=December  |year = 2019 }}</ref>

*''[Caprodon affinis](/source/Caprodon_affinis)'' <small>[Tanaka](/source/Shigeho_Tanaka), 1924</small>
*''[Caprodon krasyukovae](/source/Caprodon_krasyukovae)'' <small>[Kharin](/source/Vladimir_Kharin_(zoologist)), 1983</small> (Krasyukova's perch)
*''[Caprodon longimanus](/source/Caprodon_longimanus)'' <small>(Günther, 1859)</small> (Pink maomao)
*''[Caprodon schlegelii](/source/Caprodon_schlegelii)'' <small>(Günther, 1859)</small> (Sunrise perch)
*''[Caprodon unicolor](/source/Caprodon_unicolor)'' <small>[Katayama](/source/Masao_Katayama), 1975</small> (Elegant anthias)

==References==
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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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