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Species in the genus Parodon: [ 21 ] records


alfonsoi, Parodon Londoño-Burbano [A.], Román-Valencia [C.] & Taphorn [D. C.] 2011:710, Fig. 1 [Neotropical Ichthyology v. 9 (no. 4); ref. 31702] Lower río Magdalena drainage, río Tucuy, tributary to the río Calenturitas, 9°37'N, 73°17'W, Munícipio La Jagua de Ibiricó, Cesar, Colombia, elevation 117 meters. Holotype: CIUA 1125. Paratypes: CIUA 691 (10); IUQ 46 (2 c&s), 2614 (2). •Valid as Parodon alfonsoi Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn 2011 -- (DoNascimiento et al. 2017:35 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Parodon alfonsoi Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn 2011. Parodontidae. Distribution: South America: Río Tucuy drainage, lower río Magdalena basin, Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.

apolinari, Parodon Myers [G. S.] 1930:66 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 43; ref. 12360] Guaicaramo, at junciton of Río Guavio and Río Upía, Colombia. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 23725. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:26 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Parodon apolinari Myers 1930 -- (Taphorn 1992:476 [ref. 23654], Bonilla et al. 1999:7 [ref. 25109], Pavanelli in Reis et al. 2003:47 [ref. 27061], Taphorn et al. 2008:33 [ref. 29897], Londoño-Burbano et al. 2011:713 [ref. 31702], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:36 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:85 [ref. 35773]). Current status: Valid as Parodon apolinari Myers 1930. Parodontidae. Distribution: South America: Orinoco River basin, Colombia and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

atratoensis, Parodon Londoño-Burbano [A.], Román-Valencia [C.] & Taphorn [D. C.] 2011:715, Fig. 4 [Neotropical Ichthyology v. 9 (no. 4); ref. 31702] Neguá, río Atrato drainage, upper río Neguá, 5°15'N, 76°49'W, Chacó, Colombia, elevation 146 meters. Holotype: ICNMHN 17100. Paratypes: CAS 6781 (1); ICNMHN 132 (1), 1584 (1). Type catalog: Mojica & Agudelo-Zamora 2018:26 [ref. 36127]. •Valid as Parodon atratoensis Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn 2011 -- (DoNascimiento et al. 2017:36 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Parodon atratoensis Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn 2011. Parodontidae. Distribution: South America: Río Atrato basin, Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.

bifasciatus, Parodon Eigenmann [C. H.] 1912:274, Pl. 36 (fig. 1) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 1227] Maripicru Creek, Guyana. Holotype (unique): FMNH 53582 [ex CM 1925]. Type catalog: Henn 1928:55 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:64 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Parodon bifasciatus Eigenmann 1912 -- (Pavanelli in Reis et al. 2003:47 [ref. 27061], Taphorn et al. 2008:33 [ref. 29897], Londoño-Burbano et al. 2011:728 [ref. 31702], Taphorn et al. 2022:27 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Parodon bifasciatus Eigenmann 1912. Parodontidae. Distribution: South America: Branco River basin (Brazil and Guyana). Habitat: freshwater.

buckleyi, Parodon Boulenger [G. A.] 1887:279, Pl. 23 (fig. 1) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887 (pt 2) (art. 2) (for 1 Mar. 1887); ref. 532] Canelos, eastern Ecuador. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1880.12.5.125. •Valid as Parodon buckleyi Boulenger 1887 -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:32 [ref. 37559], Ortega & Vari 1986:11 [ref. 9708], Pavanelli in Reis et al. 2003:47 [ref. 27061], Ingenito & Buckup 2005:769 [ref. 28479], Londoño-Burbano et al. 2011:717 [ref. 31702], Barriga Salazar 2014:104 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:186 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:36 [ref. 35633], Chuctaya et al. 2022:30 [ref. 42137]). Current status: Valid as Parodon buckleyi Boulenger 1887. Parodontidae. Distribution: South America: western Amazon River basin (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru). IUCN (2023): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

caliensis, Parodon Boulenger [G. A.] 1895:480 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 16 (no. 96) (art. 66); ref. 14578] Río Cali, near Cali, 3°27'N, 76°32'W, río Cauca drainage, Colombia, elevation 975 meters. Lectotype: BMNH 1895.11.16.83. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1895.11.16.84-87 (4). Lectotype selected by Londoño-Burbano & Román-Valencia 2010:813 [ref. 30823]. •Valid as Parodon caliensis Boulenger 1895 -- (Pavanelli in Reis et al. 2003:47 [ref. 27061], Londoño-Burbano & Román-Valencia 2010:814 [ref. 30823], Londoño-Burbano et al. 2011:719 [ref. 31702], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:36 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Parodon caliensis Boulenger 1895. Parodontidae. Distribution: South America: upper Cauca River basin, Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.

caquetae, Apareiodon Fowler [H. W.] 1945:106, Fig. 6 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 97; ref. 1454] Morelia, Río Caquetá drainage, Colombia [probably Bodoquero River, near the town of Morelia]. Holotype: ANSP 71696 (with paratypes). Paratypes: ANSP 71697-98 (2), 71699 (1, c&s). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:136 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Parodon caquetae (Fowler 1945) -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:32 [ref. 37559]). •Possibly a synonym of Apareiodon pongoense Allen 1942 -- (Starnes & Schindler 1993:755 [ref. 21014]). •Valid as Apareiodon caquetae Fowler 1945 -- (Bonilla et al. 1999:1 [ref. 25109]). •Synonym of Parodon pongoensis (Allen 1942) -- (Pavanelli in Reis et al. 2003:48 [ref. 27061], Londoño-Burbano et al. 2011:723 [ref. 31702]). Current status: Synonym of Parodon pongoensis (Allen 1942). Parodontidae. Habitat: freshwater.

carrikeri, Parodon Fowler [H. W.] 1940:47, Figs. 1-2 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 92; ref. 1436] Former farm ‘Monte Bello’, río Lipeo approximately 2 km upstream from confluence with río Bermejo, Lipeo hamlet, Los Toldos municipality, Santa Victoria department, Salta Province, Argentina. 22°26'50"S, 64°32'54"W, elevation 200 feet. Holotype: ANSP 68735. Paratypes: ANSP 68736-38 (3), 68739 (1), 108498 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:137 [ref. 13621]. Type locality changed from Bolivia to Argentina -- Mirande & Koerber 2015 [ref. 33698], Koerber 2022:107 [ref. 39426]. •Valid as Parodon carrikeri Fowler 1940 -- (Pavanelli in Reis et al. 2003:47 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:10 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:72 [ref. 28131], Londoño-Burbano et al. 2011:728 [ref. 31702], Sarmiento et al. 2014:186 [ref. 35004], Mirande & Koerber 2015:11 [ref. 35117], Pavanelli 2024:395 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Parodon carrikeri Fowler 1940. Parodontidae. Distribution: South America: Paraguay River basin (Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay). Habitat: freshwater.

caudalis, Parodon Fowler [H. W.] 1940:58, Figs. 14-15 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 92; ref. 1436] Río Pilcomayo at Villa Montes, Tarija, Bolivia. Holotype: ANSP 68837. Paratypes: ANSP 68838-60 (23), Géry Coll. (3) [ex ANSP 68861-63]. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:137 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Parodon carrikeri Fowler 1940 -- (Pavanelli in Reis et al. 2003:48 [ref. 27061], Pavanelli 2024:395 [ref. 40817]). •Mention -- (López et al. 2003:10 [ref. 27366]). Current status: Synonym of Parodon carrikeri Fowler 1940. Parodontidae. Habitat: freshwater.

gestri, Parodon Boulenger [G. A.] 1902:285 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 9 (no. 52) (art. 47); ref. 14846] Rio Coxipo, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MSNG 14863. Type catalog: Tortonese 1961:184 [ref. 10343]. •Probably a synonym of Parodon nasus Kner 1859 -- (Britski et al. 1999:70 [ref. 24147]). •Synonym of Parodon nasus Kner 1859 -- (Pavanelli in Reis et al. 2003:48 [ref. 27061], Mirande & Koerber 2015:11 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:13 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Parodon nasus Kner 1859. Parodontidae. Habitat: freshwater.

guyanensis, Parodon Géry [J.] 1960:481, Figs. 1-2 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 31 (no. 6) (for 1959); ref. 9349] Crique Deux-Branches, Upper Mana, French Guiana. Holotype: Géry coll. H04-20 bis-1. Paratypes: ANSP 94712 (1), Géry coll. H04-20 bis 2 to 7 (orig. 6), MCZ 48969 (1, c&s), MNHN 1959-0034 (1), USNM 179761 (1), ZSM 17797 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:137 [ref. 13621], Vari & Howe 1991:33 [ref. 19022], Neumann 2011:260, 274 [ref. 31652]. •Valid as Apareiodon guyanensis (Géry 1960) -- (Starnes & Schindler 1993:755 [ref. 21014], Bonilla et al. 1999:1 [ref. 25109]). •Valid as Parodon guyanensis Géry 1960 -- (Géry et al. 1991:30 [ref. 21021], Planquette et al. 1996:106 [ref. 22818], Pavanelli in Reis et al. 2003:48 [ref. 27061], Ingenito & Buckup 2005:770 [ref. 28479], Taphorn et al. 2008:33 [ref. 29897], Brosse et al. 2019:136 [ref. 38320], Borstein et al. 2022:16 [ref. 39507], Taphorn et al. 2022:27 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Parodon guyanensis Géry 1960. Parodontidae. Distribution: South America: Orinoco River basin and coastal rivers (French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

hilarii, Parodon Reinhardt [J. T.] 1867:62, Pl. 2 (figs. 3-4) [Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger og dets Medlemmers Arbeider (Kjøbenhavn) 1866; ref. 3694] Rio das Velhas, Lagoa Santa, Brazil. Holotype (unique): ZMUC 9223. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:45 [ref. 9588]. •Valid as Parodon hilarii Reinhardt 1867 -- (Casatti & Castro 1998:232 [ref. 23663], Jesus & Moreira-Filho 2000:75 [ref. 24467], Britski 2001:20 [ref. 26046], Pavanelli in Reis et al. 2003:48 [ref. 27061] dated 1866, Ingenito & Buckup 2005:770 [ref. 28479], Londoño-Burbano et al. 2011:728 [ref. 31702], Sarmiento et al. 2014:186 [ref. 35004], Silva et al. 2020:8 [ref. 37809], Pavanelli 2024:395 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Parodon hilarii Reinhardt 1867. Parodontidae. Distribution: South America: São Francisco River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

magdalenensis, Parodon Londoño-Burbano [A.], Román-Valencia [C.] & Taphorn [D. C.] 2011:721, Fig. 8 [Neotropical Ichthyology v. 9 (no. 4); ref. 31702] Norcasia, middle río Magdalena drainage, río La Miel at escape tunnel, río Magdalena, 5°34'N, 74°53'W, Caldas, Colombia, elevation 720 meters. Holotype: ICNMHN 17099. Paratypes: many at ICNMHN and IUQ. Plus additional non-type specimens. Type catalog: Mojica & Agudelo-Zamora 2018:26 [ref. 36127]. •Valid as Parodon magdalenensis Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn 2011 -- (DoNascimiento et al. 2017:36 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Parodon magdalenensis Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn 2011. Parodontidae. Distribution: South America: middle Magdalena River and upper Cauca River drainages, Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.

medellinense, Parodon Posada [A.] 1909:299 [Los peces del norte de Colombia; ref. 5005] Medellín, Colombia. No types known. •Synonym of Parodon caliensis Boulenger 1895 -- (Pavanelli in Reis et al. 2003:47 [ref. 27061]). •Status uncertain in Parodon or Saccodon -- (Londoño-Burbano et al. 2011:727 [ref. 31702]). Current status: Synonym of Parodon caliensis Boulenger 1895. Parodontidae. Habitat: freshwater.

moreirai, Parodon Ingenito [L. F. S.] & Buckup [P. A.] 2005:766, Fig. 1 [Copeia 2005 (no. 4); ref. 28479] Ribeirão do Salto, at Salto near wooden bridge, 22°26'55S, 45°20'47'W, Município de Delfim Moreira, Estado de Minas Gerais, Brazil. Holotype: MNRJ 23583 [ex. MNRJ 22557]. Paratypes: MNRJ 22207 (, 1 c&s), 22557 (3), 23817 (8). •Valid as Parodon moreirai Ingenito & Buckup 2005 -- (Pavanelli 2024:396 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Parodon moreirai Ingenito & Buckup 2005. Parodontidae. Distribution: South America: Rio Grande drainage, upper Paraná River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

nasus, Parodon Kner [R.] 1859:167 [31], Pl. 7 [not 8] (fig. 17) [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 17; ref. 2631] Rio Cuiabá, Brazil. Syntypes: NMW 56545 (2). On p. 31 of separate. •Valid as Parodon nasus Kner 1859 -- (Britski et al. 1999:70 [ref. 24147], Pavanelli in Reis et al. 2003:48 [ref. 27061], Bellafronte et al. 2005:710 [ref. 28677], Koerber 2011:1 [ref. 31122], Londoño-Burbano et al. 2011:728 [ref. 31702], Koerber 2014:1 [ref. 33621] not in Argentina, Mirande & Koerber 2015:11 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:13 [ref. 35267], Azevedo-Santos et al. 2020:5 [ref. 39606], dos Reis et al. 2020:462 [ref. 38364], Silva-Sene et al. 2024:3 [ref. 41784]). Current status: Valid as Parodon nasus Kner 1859. Parodontidae. Distribution: South America: La Plata River basin (Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay). Habitat: freshwater.

orinocensis, Apareiodon Bonilla [A.], Machado-Allison [A.], Silvera [C.], Chernoff [B.], López [H.] & Lasso [C. A.] 1999:2, Figs. 1-2 [Acta Biologica Venezuelica v. 19 (no. 1); ref. 25109] Raudal Dimoshi, Río Tabaro, BO, Venezuela. Holotype: MBUCV-V-29170 [not 27160]. Paratypes: MBUCV-V-26669 (7), 26730 (2); MHNLS-8771 (2). •Valid as Apareiodon orinocensis Bonilla, Machado-Allison, Silvera, Chernoff, López & Lasso 1999 -- (Pavanelli in Reis et al. 2003:47 [ref. 27061], Taphorn et al. 2008:33 [ref. 29897], DoNascimiento 2016:530 [ref. 34727]). •Valid as Parodon orinocensis (Bonilla, Machado-Allison, Silvera, Chernoff, López & Lasso 1999) -- (Ingenito et al. 2012:562 [ref. 32206], Pavanelli 2024:396 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Parodon orinocensis (Bonilla, Machado-Allison, Silvera, Chernoff, López & Lasso 1999). Parodontidae. Distribution: South America: Orinoco River basin, Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

pirassunungae, Apareiodon Amaral Campos [A.] 1945:442, Fig. 8 [Arquivos de Zoologia (São Paulo) v. 4 (no. 11); ref. 13139] Rio Mogi Guaçu, Pirassununga, Cachoeira, Estado de São Paulo, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP [ex DZSASP] 3469. Paratypes: MZUSP [ex DZSASP] 3487 (8, missing). Type catalog: Britski 1969:200, 203 [ref. 12401], Oyakawa 1996:450 [ref. 23140]. •Synonym in Parodon -- (Starnes & Schindler 1993:755 [ref. 21014]). •Synonym of Parodon nasus Kner 1859 -- (Pavanelli in Reis et al. 2003:48 [ref. 27061], Mirande & Koerber 2015:11 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:13 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Parodon nasus Kner 1859. Parodontidae. Habitat: freshwater.

pongoense, Apareiodon Allen [W. R.] in Eigenmann & Allen 1942:286, Pl. 14 (fig. 7) [Fishes of western South America; ref. 1246] Forest brook, foothills at Pongo de Manseriche, Marañón River drainage, Peru. Holotype: CAS 6757. Paratypes: CAS 38567-68 (1, 1); USNM 167806 (1). Type catalog: Vari & Howe 1991:5 [ref. 19022]. •Valid as Apareiodon pongoensis Allen 1942 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:11 [ref. 9708], Starnes & Schindler 1993:755 [ref. 21014], Bonilla et al. 1999:1 [ref. 25109]). •Valid as Parodon pongoensis (Allen 1942) -- (Pavanelli in Reis et al. 2003:48 [ref. 27061], Ingenito & Buckup 2005:769 [ref. 28479], Taphorn et al. 2008:33 [ref. 29897], Londoño-Burbano et al. 2011:723 [ref. 31702], Barriga Salazar 2014:104 [ref. 35745], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:36 [ref. 35633], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:15 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:30 [ref. 42137]). Current status: Valid as Parodon pongoensis (Allen 1942). Parodontidae. Distribution: South America: western Amazon River and upper Orinoco River basins (Colombia, Ecuador and Peru). IUCN (2023): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

suborbitale, Parodon Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:51, Pl. 637 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-1807 [ex MNHN B-29995]. Paralectotypes: MNHN B-2995 (2). Type catalog: Bertin 1948:37 [ref. 19577]. Lectotype selected by Starnes 1983 but this was not published (W. Starnes, pers. comm. Oct. 2008); not published in the Catalog of Fishes prior database versions either. The specimen Starnes selected was isolated and recataloged by MNHN. Lectotype selected by Londoño-Burbano et al. 2011:725 [ref. 31702]. •Mention -- (Taphorn 1992:479 [ref. 23654], Britski et al. 1999:70 [ref. 24147]). •Valid as Parodon suborbitale Valenciennes 1850 -- (Galvis et al. 1997:34 [ref. 23651], Bonilla et al. 1999:7 [ref. 25109], López et al. 2003:10 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:72 [ref. 28131]). •Valid as Parodon suborbitalis Valenciennes 1850 -- (Pavanelli in Reis et al. 2003:48 [ref. 27061], Taphorn et al. 2008:33 [ref. 29897], Londoño-Burbano et al. 2011:725 [ref. 31702], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:36 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:85 [ref. 35773] as aff. suborbitalis). Current status: Valid as Parodon suborbitalis Valenciennes 1850. Parodontidae. Distribution: Lake Maracaibo basin: Colombia and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

tortuosus, Parodon Eigenmann [C. H.] & Norris [A. A.] 1900:356 [Revista do Museu Paulista v. 4; ref. 1264] Rio Tietê, upper Paraná basin, São Paulo, Brazil. Holotype (unique): CAS 6762 [ex IU 9312]. •Valid as Parodon tortuosus Eigenmann & Norris 1900 -- (Jesus & Moreira-Filho 2000:75 [ref. 24467], López et al. 2003:10 [ref. 27366]). •Valid as Parodon tortuosus Eigenmann & Norris 1900, subspecies tortuosus -- (Menni 2004:72 [ref. 28131]). •Synonym of Parodon nasus Kner 1859 -- (Pavanelli in Reis et al. 2003:48 [ref. 27061], Bellafronte et al. 2005:710 [ref. 28677], Koerber 2014:1 [ref. 33621], Mirande & Koerber 2015:11 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:13 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Parodon nasus Kner 1859. Parodontidae. Habitat: freshwater.


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