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Superregnum : Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Serrasalmidae
Genus: Catoprion
Species: Catoprion mento
Name

Catoprion Müller and Troschel, 1844
References

Catoprion – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Catoprion is a genus of serrasalmids from tropical South America, including the basins of the Amazon, Essequibo, Orinoco and Paraguay rivers.[1] It was believed to be a monotypic genus until the 2020 description of C. absconditus.[2]

J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844
Species

2, see text
Species

There are 2 described species:[2]

Catoprion mento (G. Cuvier, 1819)
Catoprion absconditus Bonani Mateussi, Melo & Oliveira, 2020

References

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.
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. ISSN 1095-8649.

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