Docimodus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Docimodus johnstoni.jpg

| image_caption = Docimodus johnstoni

| taxon = Docimodus

| authority = Boulenger, 1897

| type_species = Docimodus johnstoni

| type_species_authority = Boulenger, 1897

}}

Docimodus is a small genus of cichlids native to east Africa where they are found in Lake Malawi and one species (D. johnstoni) also occurs in Lake Malombe and the upper Shire River.

The species of this genus have unusual feeding habits: they feed on scales, fins, or skin of other fishes.{{Cite journal | last1 = Eccles | first1 = D. H. | last2 = Lewis | first2 = D. S. C. | doi = 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1976.tb00826.x | title = A revision of the genus Docimodus Boulenger (Pisces: Cichlidae), a group of fishes with unusual feeding habits from Lake Malawi | journal = Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society | volume = 58 | issue = 2 | pages = 165–172 | year = 1976 }}