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Semaprochilodus
Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Semaprochilodus is a genus of South American freshwater fish in the family Prochilodontidae. They have sometimes been included in the genus Prochilodus instead. Of the six species, three are from the Amazon Basin, two from the Orinoco Basin and a single from the Maroni Basin. Depending on the exact species, they reach a maximum length of 27–54 centimetres (11–21 in).[1]
They support important fisheries and based on a review by IBAMA, they are the second (after Brachyplatystoma vaillantii) most caught fish by weight in the Brazilian Amazon.[2]
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Species
FishBase recognizes the following species in the genus:[1]
- Semaprochilodus brama (Valenciennes, 1850)
- Semaprochilodus insignis (Jardine, 1841) (Kissing prochilodus)
- Semaprochilodus kneri (Pellegrin, 1909)
- Semaprochilodus laticeps (Steindachner, 1879)
- Semaprochilodus taeniurus (Valenciennes, 1821) (Silver prochilodus)
- Semaprochilodus varii R. M. C. Castro, 1988
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