Parodon

Parodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Parodontidae
Genus: Parodon
Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1850

Parodon is a genus of scrapetooths from South America, where found as far south as Río de la Plata.

Species

There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Parodon in FishBase. October 2012 version.
  2. 1 2 3 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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