''Parodon'' is a

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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 South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

, which can be found as far south as

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Species

There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus: * '' Parodon alfonsoi'' Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2011Londoño-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. * '' Parodon apolinari'' G. S. Myers, 1930 * ''

Parodon atratoensis ''Parodon'' is a genus of scrapetooths from South America, which can be found as far south as Río de la Plata. Species There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus: * ''Parodon alfonsoi'' Alejandro Londoño-Burbano, Londoño-Burbano ...

'' Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2011 * '' Parodon bifasciatus'' C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 * '' Parodon buckleyi''

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, 1887 * '' Parodon caliensis''

, 1895 * ''

Parodon carrikeri ''Parodon'' is a genus of scrapetooths from South America, which can be found as far south as Río de la Plata. Species There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus: * ''Parodon alfonsoi'' Alejandro Londoño-Burbano, Londoño-Burbano ...

'' Fowler, 1940 * ''

Parodon guyanensis ''Parodon'' is a genus of scrapetooths from South America, which can be found as far south as Río de la Plata. Species There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus: * '' Parodon alfonsoi'' Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Tap ...

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, 1959 * '' Parodon hilarii'' J. T. Reinhardt, 1867 * ''

Parodon magdalenensis ''Parodon'' is a genus of scrapetooths from South America, which can be found as far south as Río de la Plata. Species There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus: * '' Parodon alfonsoi'' Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taph ...

'' Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2011 * '' Parodon moreirai'' Ingenito & Buckup, 2005 * '' Parodon nasus'' Kner, 1859 * '' Parodon pongoensis'' ( W. R. Allen, 1942) (Pongo characin) * '' Parodon suborbitalis''

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, 1850

References

Fish of South America Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes {{Characiformes-stub