Parodon is a genus of scrapetooths from South America, which can be found as far south as Río de la Plata.
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| illustration of Parodon guyanensis, a species of this genus of fishes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Parodontidae |
| Genus: | Parodon Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1850 |
Species
editThere are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Parodon alfonsoi Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2011[2]
- Parodon apolinari G. S. Myers, 1930
- Parodon atratoensis Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2011[2]
- Parodon bifasciatus C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
- Parodon buckleyi Boulenger, 1887
- Parodon caliensis Boulenger, 1895
- Parodon carrikeri Fowler, 1940
- Parodon guyanensis Géry, 1959
- Parodon hilarii J. T. Reinhardt, 1867
- Parodon magdalenensis Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2011[2]
- Parodon moreirai Ingenito & Buckup, 2005
- Parodon nasus Kner, 1859
- Parodon pongoensis (W. R. Allen, 1942) (Pongo characin)
- Parodon suborbitalis Valenciennes, 1850
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Parodon". FishBase. October 2012 version.
- ^ a b c Londoño-Burbano, A., Román-Valencia, C. & Taphorn, D.C. (2011): Taxonomic review of Colombian Parodon (Characiformes: Parodontidae), with descriptions of three new species. Neotropical Ichthyology, 9 (4): 709-730.
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