Catoprion
| Catoprion | |
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| Catoprion mento | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Serrasalmidae |
| Subfamily: | Serrasalminae |
| Genus: | Müller & Troschel, 1844 |
| Type species | |
| Serrasalmus mento Cuvier 1819[1]
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| Species | |
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2, see text | |
Catoprion is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Serrasalmidae, which includes the pacus, piranhas and related fishes. These fishes are found in tropical South America, including the basins of the Amazon, Essequibo, Orinoco and Paraguay rivers.[2] It was believed to be a monotypic genus until the 2020 description of C. absconditus.[3]
Species
There are 2 described species:[4]
- Catoprion mento (G. Cuvier, 1819)
- Catoprion absconditus Bonani Mateussi, Melo & Oliveira, 2020
References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Serrasalminae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ Janovetz, J. (2005-12-15). "Functional morphology of feeding in the scale-eating specialist Catoprion mento". Journal of Experimental Biology. 208 (24): 4757–4768. doi:10.1242/jeb.01938. ISSN 0022-0949. PMID 16326957.
- ^ Mateussi, Nadayca T. Bonani; Melo, Bruno F.; Oliveira, Claudio (2020). "Molecular delimitation and taxonomic revision of the wimple piranha Catoprion (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) with the description of a new species". Journal of Fish Biology. 97 (3): 668–685. doi:10.1111/jfb.14417. hdl:11449/195535. ISSN 1095-8649. PMID 32501542. S2CID 219328539.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Catoprion". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 July 2015.