Plecodus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Plecodus paradoxus.jpg

| image_caption = Plecodus paradoxus

| taxon = Plecodus

| authority = Boulenger, 1898

| type_species = Plecodus paradoxus

| type_species_authority = Boulenger, 1898

}}

Plecodus is a genus of cichlids endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Africa. They feed on scales.{{Cite journal | last1 = Takahashi | first1 = R. | last2 = Watanabe | first2 = K. | last3 = Nishida | first3 = M. | last4 = Hori | first4 = M. | title = Evolution of feeding specialization in Tanganyikan scale-eating cichlids: A molecular phylogenetic approach | doi = 10.1186/1471-2148-7-195 | journal = BMC Evolutionary Biology | volume = 7 | pages = 195 | year = 2007 | issue = 1 | pmid = 17945014| pmc =2212659 | doi-access = free | bibcode = 2007BMCEE...7..195T }}