CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Perciformes (order) » Labridae: Labrinae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 384231 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Decodon erythroleukos Kanai, Menkara, Nishioka, Chen, Motomura & Tea, 2025
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 384 Labridae: Labrinae (Wrasses) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a wrasse]
Organism Type:	a wrasse
Synonyms:	Decodon sp. A [Tea et al., 2025: fig. 18f - checklist, Coral Sea)
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 384914 Decodon spp.

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2026-01-13.
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Expected species depth range is from 109 to 348 m.

Taxon Notes:	In Australia, known from a specimen collected at Jewell Reef, Great Barrier Reef (14 22 S, 145 24 E) in 150 m and an ROV observation in 207 m off Willis Islet (16°17'S, 149°58'E), Coral Sea by Tea et al 2025 (as Decodon sp A). Also recorded from Okinawa & off Kochi Prefecture (Japan) and New Caledonia in 109-348 m (Kanai et al 2025).

Record source and Scientific Name verified against:	Kanai, S., Menkara, Y., Nishioka, T., Chen, W.-J., Motomura, H. & Tea, Y.-K., 2025. Decodon erythroleukos, a new deepwater species of hypsigenyin wrasse (Teleostei: Labridae) from the western Pacific Ocean: 1-16. doi:10.1111/jfb.70262

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