Prochilodus

Taxonavigation

Familia: Prochilodontidae
Genus: Prochilodus
Species (13): P. argenteus – P. brevis – P. britskii – P. costatus – P. hartii – P. lacustris – P. lineatus – P. magdalenae – P. mariae – P. nigricans – P. reticulatus – P. rubrotaeniatus – P. vimboides

Name

Prochilodus Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1829

• Gender: Masculine
• Type species: Prochilodus argenteus Spix & Agassiz, 1829
  • Type by subsequent designation by Eigenmann, 1910

References

• Spix, J.B. von & Agassiz, L. 1829 :Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annos MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. colleget et pingendso curavit Dr J. B. de Spix. Monachii.: Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-82, Pls. 1-48;, Part 2: 83–138, Pls. 49-101. BHL
• Eigenmann, C.H. 1910: Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of tropical and south temperate America. In: Reports of the Princeton University expeditions to Patagonia 1896-1899. Zoology. 3 (4): 375–511. BHL
• Kottelat, M. 1988: Authorship, dates of publication, status and types of Spix and Agassiz's Brazilian fishes. Spixiana, 11 (1): 69–93. BHL BioStor
• Castro, R.M.C. & Vari, R.P. 2004: Detritivores of the South American fish family Prochilodontidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes): a phylogenetic and revisionary study. Smithsonian contributions to zoology, (622) 

Vernacular names

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