''Parodon'' is a
genus
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of
scrapetooths from
South America
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, which can be found as far south as
Río de la Plata
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.
Species
There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Parodon alfonsoi''
Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2011[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.]
* ''
Parodon apolinari''
G. S. Myers, 1930
* ''
Parodon atratoensis''
Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2011
* ''
Parodon bifasciatus''
C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
* ''
Parodon buckleyi''
Boulenger, 1887
* ''
Parodon caliensis''
Boulenger, 1895
* ''
Parodon carrikeri''
Fowler, 1940
* ''
Parodon guyanensis''
Géry
Géry () is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
*Communes of the Meuse department
The following is a list of the 499 communes of the Meuse department of France.
The communes cooperate in the fo ...
, 1959
* ''
Parodon hilarii''
J. T. Reinhardt, 1867
* ''
Parodon magdalenensis''
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''
Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a ...
, 1850
References
Fish of South America
Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes
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