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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses)
Etymology: Decodon: Greek, deka = ten + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 40 - 160 m (Ref. 9311). Tropical; 29°N - 3°S

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Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Ecuador.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 8.9 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 32.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55763); common length : 16.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55763)

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Body moderately slender and compressed; head large and pointed; teeth caniniform, enlarged, and somewhat crooked, two anterior pairs in each jaw; dorsal fin continuous, with 11 spines; lateral line slightly arched, with 28 scales; body reddish pink; belly paler; a black spot on the flank above posterior edge of pectoral fin; anal fin white (Ref. 55763).

Lives over sandy bottoms with gravel and isolated reefs. Often caught in the open sea as a by-catch of trawlers fishing for prawns and shrimps. Each individual functions first as a female but later changes to a male (Ref. 47122).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Westneat, Mark | Collaborators

Gomon, M.F., 1995. Labridae. Viejas, doncellasas, señoritas. p. 1201-1225. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9311)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 23 May 2007

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Decodon melasma Gomon, 1974