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Parodon
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Parodon

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

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15 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 15 known species

Foxnose Characin

speciesParodon nasus

Bottom Characin

speciesParodon guyanensis

Smoothliped Characin

speciesParodon magdalenensis

Pongo characin

speciesParodon pongoensis

Buckley's Characin

speciesParodon buckleyi

Torpedo Characin

speciesParodon alfonsoi

Carriker's Characin

speciesParodon carrikeri

Hispanic Characin

speciesParodon suborbitalis

Pen Characin

speciesParodon hilarii

Twolined Characin

speciesParodon bifasciatus

Tiger Characin

speciesParodon apolinari

Bandit Characin

speciesParodon moreirai

Shy Characin

speciesParodon orinocensis

Stream Characin

speciesParodon atratoensis

Cali Characin

speciesParodon caliensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90855.