''Apareiodon'' is a
genus
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of
scrapetooth
The Parodontidae are a family of fresh water fish of the order Characiformes. The three genera include about 32 species, though several are undescribed. These fish are generally benthic and live in mountain streams of eastern Panama and South Am ...
s from
South America
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where they are found as far south as
Río de la Plata. There are currently fifteen described
species
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in this genus.
Species
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Apareiodon affinis
''Apareiodon affinis'', the darter characine, is a species of fresh water ray-finned fish native to the Río de la Plata Basin in southern Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina.
Description
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(Steindachner
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, 1879) (Darter characine)
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Apareiodon agmatos
''Apareiodon'' is a genus of scrapetooths from South America where they are found as far south as Río de la Plata. There are currently fifteen described species in this genus.
Species
* ''Apareiodon affinis'' (Steindachner, 1879) (Darter chara ...
''
Taphorn, López-Fernández & C. R. Bernard, 2008
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Apareiodon argenteus
''Apareiodon'' is a genus of scrapetooths from South America where they are found as far south as Río de la Plata. There are currently fifteen described species in this genus.
Species
* ''Apareiodon affinis'' (Steindachner, 1879) (Darter chara ...
''
Pavanelli & Britski, 2003
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Apareiodon cavalcante
''Apareiodon'' is a genus of scrapetooths from South America where they are found as far south as Río de la Plata. There are currently fifteen described species in this genus.
Species
* ''Apareiodon affinis'' (Steindachner, 1879) (Darter chara ...
''
Pavanelli & Britski, 2003
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Apareiodon davisi
''Apareiodon'' is a genus of scrapetooths from South America where they are found as far south as Río de la Plata. There are currently fifteen described species in this genus.
Species
* ''Apareiodon affinis'' (Steindachner, 1879) (Darter chara ...
''
Fowler, 1941
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Apareiodon gransabana
''Apareiodon'' is a genus of scrapetooths from South America where they are found as far south as Río de la Plata. There are currently fifteen described species in this genus.
Species
* ''Apareiodon affinis'' (Steindachner, 1879) (Darter chara ...
''
W. C. Starnes & I. Schindler, 1993
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Apareiodon hasemani
''Apareiodon'' is a genus of scrapetooths from South America where they are found as far south as Río de la Plata. There are currently fifteen described species in this genus.
Species
* ''Apareiodon affinis'' (Steindachner, 1879) (Darter chara ...
''
C. H. Eigenmann, 1916
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Apareiodon ibitiensis
''Apareiodon'' is a genus of scrapetooths from South America where they are found as far south as Río de la Plata. There are currently fifteen described species in this genus.
Species
* ''Apareiodon affinis'' (Steindachner, 1879) (Darter chara ...
''
Amaral Campos, 1944
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Apareiodon itapicuruensis
''Apareiodon'' is a genus of scrapetooths from South America where they are found as far south as Río de la Plata. There are currently fifteen described species in this genus.
Species
* ''Apareiodon affinis'' (Steindachner, 1879) (Darter chara ...
''
C. H. Eigenmann & Henn
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, 1916
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Apareiodon machrisi
''Apareiodon'' is a genus of scrapetooths from South America where they are found as far south as Río de la Plata. There are currently fifteen described species in this genus.
Species
* ''Apareiodon affinis'' (Steindachner, 1879) (Darter chara ...
''
Travassos, 1957
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Apareiodon orinocensis''
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, 1999
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Apareiodon piracicabae
''Apareiodon'' is a genus of scrapetooths from South America where they are found as far south as Río de la Plata. There are currently fifteen described species in this genus.
Species
* ''Apareiodon affinis'' (Steindachner, 1879) (Darter charac ...
''
( C. H. Eigenmann, 1907)
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Apareiodon tigrinus
''Apareiodon'' is a genus of scrapetooths from South America where they are found as far south as Río de la Plata. There are currently fifteen described species in this genus.
Species
* ''Apareiodon affinis'' (Steindachner, 1879) (Darter chara ...
''
Pavanelli & Britski, 2003
* ''
Apareiodon vittatus''
Garavello, 1977
* ''
Apareiodon vladii''
Pavanelli, 2006
References
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Fish of South America
Characiformes genera
Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
Parodontidae
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