Prochilodontidae

Semaprochilodus insignis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anostomoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Characiformes Superfamilia: Anostomoidea

Familia: Prochilodontidae
Genera (3): Ichthyoelephas – Prochilodus – Semaprochilodus

Name

Prochilodontidae Eigenmann, 1909

Synonyms

• Prochilodontinae Eigenmann, 1909

References

• Castro, R.M.C. & Vari, R.P. 2004: Detritivores of the South American fish family Prochilodontidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes): a phylogenetic and revisionary study. Smithsonian contributions to zoology, (622) 
• Melo, B.F., Sidlauskas, B.L., Hoekzema, K., Frable, B.W., Vari, R.P. & Oliveira, C. 2016. Molecular phylogenetics of the Neotropical fish family Prochilodontidae (Teleostei: Characiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 102: 189–201. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.05.037 Reference page. 

Links

• Prochilodontidae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). (synonymy out of date)
• Prochilodontinae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). (synonymy out of date)
• Prochilodontidae in the World Register of Marine Species
• Prochilodontidae  and its species in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Genera of Prochilodontidae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

• català: Proquilodòntid
• Deutsch: Barbensalmler
• English: Flannel-mouth characiforms, flannel-mouthed characins
• lietuvių: Paprastieji tykotojai
• Nederlands: Nachtzalmen
• русский: Прохилодовые
• ไทย: วงศ์ปลาอินซีเน็ต
• 中文: 原唇齒脂鯉科

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