# Pyramodon

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox 
| image = Pyramodon punctatus.jpg
| image_caption = Dogtooth pearlfish ''(P. punctatus)''
| image2 = Pyramodon ventralis (no common name).gif
| image2_caption = Pallid pearlfish ''(P. ventralis)''
| taxon = Pyramodon
| authority = [H. M. Smith](/source/Hugh_McCormick_Smith) & [Radcliffe](/source/Lewis_Radcliffe), 1913
| type_species = ''Pyramodon venrtralis''
| type_species_authority = H.M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913<ref name = FAO>{{cite book | author1 = Jørgen G. Nielsen | author2 = Daniel M. Cohen | author3 = Douglas F. Markle | author4 = C. Richard Robins | name-list-style = amp | year = 1999 | title = OPHIDIIFORM FISHES OF THE WORLD (Order Ophidiiformes) An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date | series = FAO Species Catalogues | volume = 17 | publisher = [Food and Agriculture Organization](/source/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization) of the United Nations | place = Rome | isbn = 978-92-5-104375-2}}</ref>
}}

'''''Pyramodon''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [pearlfish](/source/pearlfish)es,  with these currently recognized species:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Pyramodon| month = June | year = 2012}}</ref>
* ''[Pyramodon lindas](/source/Pyramodon_lindas)'' <small>[Markle](/source/Douglas_Frank_Markle) & [Olney](/source/John_Edward_Olney_Sr.), 1990</small> (blackedge pearlfish)
* ''[Pyramodon parini](/source/Pyramodon_parini)'' <small>Markle & Olney, 1990</small>
* ''[Pyramodon punctatus](/source/Pyramodon_punctatus)'' <small>([Regan](/source/Charles_Tate_Regan), 1914)</small> (dogtooth pearlfish)
* ''[Pyramodon ventralis](/source/Pyramodon_ventralis)'' <small>[H. M. Smith](/source/Hugh_McCormick_Smith) & [Radcliffe](/source/Lewis_Radcliffe), 1913</small> (pallid pearlfish)

==References==
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