Choerodon

Choerodon is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. They are commonly referred to as tuskfish, because most species have sharp tusk-like teeth.

Species
The 24 currently recognized species in this genus are:
 * Choerodon anchorago (Bloch, 1791) (orange-dotted tuskfish)
 * Choerodon azurio (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Azurio tuskfish)
 * Choerodon cauteroma M. F. Gomon & G. R. Allen, 1987 (bluespotted tuskfish)
 * Choerodon cephalotes (Castelnau, 1875) (purple tuskfish)
 * Choerodon cyanodus (J. Richardson, 1843) (blue tuskfish)
 * Choerodon fasciatus (Günther, 1867) (harlequin tuskfish)
 * Choerodon frenatus J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (bridled tuskfish)
 * Choerodon gomoni G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 2002 (Gomon's tuskfish)
 * Choerodon graphicus (de Vis, 1885) (graphic tuskfish)
 * Choerodon gymnogenys (Günther, 1867)
 * Choerodon jordani (Snyder, 1908) (Jordan's tuskfish)
 * Choerodon margaritiferus Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1928 (pearly tuskfish)
 * Choerodon melanostigma Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1928
 * Choerodon monostigma J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (dark-spot tuskfish)
 * Choerodon oligacanthus (Bleeker, 1851) (white-patch tuskfish)
 * Choerodon paynei Whitley, 1945 (Payne's tuskfish)
 * Choerodon robustus (Günther, 1862) (robust tuskfish)
 * Choerodon rubescens (Günther, 1862) (baldchin groper)
 * Choerodon schoenleinii (Valenciennes, 1839) (blackspot tuskfish)
 * Choerodon sugillatum M. F. Gomon, 1987 (wedge-tailed tuskfish)
 * Choerodon venustus (de Vis, 1884) (Venus tuskfish)
 * Choerodon vitta J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (redstripe tuskfish)
 * Choerodon zamboangae (Seale & B. A. Bean, 1907) (purple eyebrowed tuskfish)
 * Choerodon zosterophorus (Bleeker, 1868) (Zoster wrasse)