Prochilodus is a genus of freshwater fish from the family Prochilodontidae. This family include two other genera, Ichthyoelephas and Semaprochilodus, which have been included in Prochilodus instead. The greatest species richness of Prochilodus is in river basins in eastern, southeastern and southern Brazil, but there are also species in the river basins of the Amazon, Guianas, Colombia, Venezuela, Paraguay and northeastern Argentina. The largest species in the genus reach about 80 centimetres (2.6 ft) in length, but most species barely reach half that size.[1]
| Prochilodus | |
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| Prochilodus lineatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Prochilodontidae |
| Genus: | Prochilodus Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1829 |
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Species edit
FishBase recognize the following species in the genus:[1]
- Prochilodus argenteus Spix & Agassiz, 1829 (Curimba)
- Prochilodus brevis Steindachner, 1875 (Brazilian bocachico)
- Prochilodus britskii R. M. C. Castro, 1993
- Prochilodus costatus Valenciennes, 1850
- Prochilodus hartii Steindachner, 1875
- Prochilodus lacustris Steindachner, 1907
- Prochilodus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Streaked prochilos)
- Prochilodus magdalenae Steindachner, 1879
- Prochilodus mariae C. H. Eigenmann, 1922
- Prochilodus nigricans Spix & Agassiz, 1829 (Black prochilodus)
- Prochilodus reticulatus Valenciennes, 1850 (Netted prochilod)
- Prochilodus rubrotaeniatus Jardine, 1841
- Prochilodus vimboides Kner, 1859
References edit
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- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Prochilodus in FishBase. October 2011 version.
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