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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 ray-finned fish in the family Prochilodontidae, the bocachicos or flannel-mouthed characiformes. 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).[2]
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.[3]
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Species
FishBase recognizes the following species in the genus:[2]
- 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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