Parodon

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

Parodon
illustration of Parodon guyanensis, a species of this genus of fishes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Parodontidae
Genus: Parodon
Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1850

Species

There 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

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