{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic Taxobox | name = | image = Dealfish.jpg | image_caption = Polka-dot Ribbonfish ''(Desmodema polystictum)'' | taxon = Desmodema | authority = Walters & Fitch, 1960 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = ''D. lorum''<br> ''D. polystictum'' }}
'''''Desmodema''''' is a small genus of ribbonfishes.
==Species== There are currently two recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Desmodema| month = April | year = 2012}}</ref> * ''Desmodema lorum'' <small>Rosenblatt & J. L. Butler, 1977</small> (Whiptail ribbonfish) * ''Desmodema polystictum'' <small>(J. D. Ogilby, 1898)</small> (Polka-dot ribbonfish)
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Category:Lampriformes
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