Desmodema

Desmodema
Polka-dot Ribbonfish (Desmodema polystictum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Lampriformes
Family:	Trachipteridae
Genus:	Desmodema Walters & Fitch, 1960
Genera
D. lorum D. polystictum

Desmodema is a small genus of ribbonfishes.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:

• Desmodema lorum Rosenblatt & J. L. Butler, 1977 (Whiptail ribbonfish)
• Desmodema polystictum (J. D. Ogilby, 1898) (Polka-dot ribbonfish)

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