Decodon melasma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Labriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Labriformes

Familia: Labridae
Genus: Decodon
Species: Decodon melasma

Name

Decodon melasma Gomon, 1974

Holotype: USNM 210859. [Paratypes: CAS 28809 (4); LACM 33722-1 (4); SIO 65-305 (50); USNM 210860 (4)].

Type locality: 3 miles off Buena Vista, Gulf of California, Mexico, depth 55 fathoms.

References

• Gomon, M.F. 1974: A new eastern Pacific labrid (Pisces), Decodon melasma, a geminate species of the western Atlantic D. puellaris. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 87(19): 205–216.
• Parenti, P. & J.E. Randall 2000: An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 68: 1–97.
• Decodon melasma in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Blackspot Wrasse