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Semaprochilodus
Semaprochilodus is a genus of South American freshwater fish in the family Prochilodontidae. They have sometimes been included in the genus Prochilodus instead. Of the six species, three are from the Amazon Basin, two from the Orinoco Basin and a single from the Maroni Basin. Depending on the exact species, they reach a maximum length of 27–54 centimetres (11–21 in).
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Flagtail Prochilodus
speciesSemaprochilodus insignis
Silver Prochilodus
speciesSemaprochilodus taeniurus
Semaprochilodus varii
speciesSemaprochilodus varii
Semaprochilodus laticeps
speciesSemaprochilodus laticeps
Semaprochilodus kneri
speciesSemaprochilodus kneri
Semaprochilodus brama
speciesSemaprochilodus brama
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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 91996.