Prochilodus

Prochilodus
	Prochilodus lineatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Prochilodontidae
Genus:	Prochilodus; Agassiz, 1829
Type species
	Prochilodus argenteus; Spix & Agassiz, 1829
Species
	see text
Synonyms
	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]

Species

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

References

^ ^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.

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[Cof_family-1] 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.

[fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Prochilodus". FishBase. October 2011 version.

[Cof_genus-3] 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.

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