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Species in the genus Decodon: [ 4 ] records

grandisquamis, Lepidaplois (Pariolanthus) Smith [J. L. B.] 1968:343, Figs. 1-2 [Copeia 1968 (no. 2); ref. 4142] Off Ponta de Barra Falsa, Mozambique, about 23°S, 36°E, western Indian Ocean, depth 110 fathoms. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 62. •Valid as Decodon grandisquamis (Smith 1968) -- (Randall 1986:693 [ref. 5706], Gomon 1997:819 [ref. 23083], Parenti & Randall 2000:17 [ref. 24943], Kuiter 2010:49 [ref. 35285], Randall & Victor 2022:196 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Decodon grandisquamis (Smith 1968). Labridae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and Mozambique. Habitat: marine.

melasma, Decodon Gomon [M. F.] 1974:207, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 87 (no. 19); ref. 7103] 3 miles off Buena Vista, Gulf of California, Mexico, depth 55 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 210859. Paratypes: CAS 28809 (4); LACM 33722-1 (4); SIO 65-305 (50); USNM 210860 (4); plus non-type material. •Valid as Decodon melasma Gomon 1974 -- (Bussing 1987:95 [ref. 21800], Allen & Robertson 1994:198 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:116 [ref. 23101], Gomon in Fischer et al. 1995:1207 [ref. 22830], Gomon 1997:819 [ref. 23083], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:197 [ref. 24545], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:330 [ref. 24555], Parenti & Randall 2000:17 [ref. 24943], Lea & Rosenblatt 2000:125 [ref. 25206], Thomson et al. 2000:172 [ref. 25640], Allen & Groce 2001:131 [ref. 25750], Baldwin & McCosker 2001:91 [ref. 25779], Nelson et al. 2004:155 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:135 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:193 [ref. 30957], Kuiter 2010:49 [ref. 35285], Page et al. 2013:159 [ref. 32708], Robertson et al. 2017:91 [ref. 35676], Sánchez-Jiménez et al. 2018:S8 [ref. 36248], Love et al. 2021:176 [ref. 39279], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:278 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Decodon melasma Gomon 1974. Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to northern Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico), Cocos Island (Costa Rica) and Galápagos Islands. Habitat: marine.

pacificus, Verreo Kamohara [T.] 1952:54, Fig. 51 [Research Reports of the Kôchi University, (Ser.) Natural Science. No. 3; ref. 12778] Mimase, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Holotype (unique): BSKU 340. Type catalog: Kamohara 1961:4 [ref. 19282]. •Valid as Bodianus pacificus (Kamohara 1952) -- (Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:202 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:974 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:974 [ref. 26193]). •Valid as Decodon pacificus (Kamohara 1952) -- (Gomon 1997:819 [ref. 23083], Parenti & Randall 2000:17 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Allen et al. 2006:1387 [ref. 29095], Kuiter 2010:49 [ref. 35285], Psomadakis et al. 2020:524 [ref. 37272]). Current status: Valid as Decodon pacificus (Kamohara 1952). Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Myanmar; Japan; northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

puellaris, Cossyphus Poey [F.] 1860:210 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Havana, Cuba. Syntypes and/or Poey specimens: MCZ 14339 (2), ZMB 5946 (1). Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:209 [ref. 22926] with a holotype. •Valid as Decodon puellaris (Poey 1860) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:201 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:154 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:346 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:402 [ref. 24474], Gomon 1997:819 [ref. 23083], Aguilera 1998:51 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:291 [ref. 25013], Parenti & Randall 2000:17 [ref. 24943], Thomson et al. 2000:173 [ref. 25640], Westneat 2003:1721 [ref. 27105], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:92 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:155 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:511 [ref. 28815], Kuiter 2010:49 [ref. 35285], Page et al. 2013:160 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:62 [ref. 33341], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:168 [ref. 37485], Pinheiro et al. 2015:24 [ref. 34324], Pimentel et al. 2020:6 [ref. 38051], Robertson et al. 2020:157 [ref. 38098], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:459 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:206 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Decodon puellaris (Poey 1860). Labridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) south to Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.