Decodon (fish)
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Decodon puellaris.jpg
| image_caption = Decodon puellaris
| taxon = Decodon
| authority = Günther, 1861
| type_species = Cossyphus puellaris
| type_species_authority = Poey, 1860
| synonyms =
- Pariolanthus J. L. B. Smith, 1968
}}
Decodon is a genus of wrasses found in the western Atlantic Ocean, the western Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:{{FishBase genus | genus = Decodon| month = August | year = 2013}}
- 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)