{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Italic title}} {{Speciesbox | image = Dealfish.jpg | image_caption = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Smith-Vaniz, W.F. |date=2015 |title=''Desmodema polystictum'' |volume=2015 |article-number=e.T190073A21909640 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190073A21909640.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Desmodema polystictum | authority = (Ogilby, 1898) | synonyms = ''Trachipterus misakiensis'' <small>Tanaka, 1908</small><br/> ''Trachipterus polystictus'' <small>(Ogilby, 1898)</small><br/> ''Trachipterus woodi'' <small>Smith, 1953</small><br/> ''Trachypterus jacksoniensis polystictus'' <small>Ogilby, 1898</small> }}
'''''Desmodema polystictum''''', also called the '''deal fish''', '''polka-dot ribbonfish''', or '''spotted ribbonfish''',<ref name=mcz>{{cite web|title=Desmodema polystictum (Ogilby, 1898)|url=http://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/name/Desmodema%20polystictum|work=Museum of Cooperative Zoology|publisher=Harvard University|access-date=23 February 2013}}</ref> is a fish in the family Trachipteridae. It is found near New Zealand, the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, and South Africa.<ref name=worms>{{cite web|last=Bailly|first=N.|title=Desmodema polystictum (Ogilby, 1898)|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158922|work=World Register of Marine Species|publisher=FishBase|access-date=23 February 2013}}</ref> The species became more known when James Douglas Ogilby wrote and published work on the species in 1898.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}
==Related species== * ''Desmodema lorum'', the whiptail ribbonfish, is the only other species in its genus.
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==External links== *[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158922 World Register of Marine Species link] *[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=166350 ITIS Report] *[http://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/name/Desmodema%20polystictum Harvard Cooperative Museum of Zoology Database entry]
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Category:Trachipteridae Category:Fish described in 1898
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