Catoprion

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]

Catoprion
Catoprion mento
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Serrasalmidae
Subfamily:	Serrasalminae
Genus:	Catoprion Müller & Troschel, 1844
Type species
Serrasalmus mento Cuvier 1819[1]
Species
2, see text

Species

There are 2 described species:^[4]

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