Decodon (fish)
| Decodon | |
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| Decodon puellaris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Decodon Günther, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Cossyphus puellaris Poey, 1860 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Decodon is a genus of wrasses found in the western Atlantic Ocean, the western Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.[1]
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Decodon grandisquamis (J. L. B. Smith, 1968) (largescale wrasse)
- Decodon melasma M. F. Gomon, 1974 (blackspot wrasse)
- Decodon pacificus (Kamohara, 1952) (ten-tooth wrasse)
- Decodon puellaris (Poey, 1860) (red hogfish)
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Decodon in FishBase. August 2013 version.
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