Prochilodus (original) (raw)
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Genus of fishes
| Prochilodus | |
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| Prochilodus lineatus | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Prochilodontidae |
| Genus: | ProchilodusAgassiz, 1829[1] |
| Type species | |
| Prochilodus argenteusSpix & Agassiz, 1829[1] | |
| Species | |
| see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| Pacu Agassiz, 1829_Pacu_ Cuvier, 1829_Pacu_ Valenciennes, 1847_Chilomyzon_ Fowler, 1906 |
Prochilodus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Prochilodontidae, the bocachicos or flannel-mouthed characiformes. 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.[2]
Prochilodus contains the following valid species[3]
- 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
- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Prochilodontidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Prochilodus". FishBase. October 2011 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Prochilodus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 August 2025.