Prochilodus

Prochilodus
Prochilodus lineatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Prochilodontidae
Genus:	Prochilodus Agassiz, 1829 [1]
Type species
Prochilodus argenteus Spix & Agassiz, 1829 [1]
Species
see text
Synonyms [1]
Pacu Agassiz, 1829 Pacu Cuvier, 1829 Pacu Valenciennes, 1847 Chilomyzon Fowler, 1906

Prochilodus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Prochilodontidae, the bocachicos or flannel-mouthed characiformes. This family include two other genera, Ichthyoelephas and Semaprochilodus , which have been included in Prochilodus instead. The greatest species richness of Prochilodus is in river basins in eastern, southeastern and southern Brazil, but there are also species in the river basins of the Amazon, Guianas, Colombia, Venezuela, Paraguay and northeastern Argentina. The largest species in the genus reach about 80 centimetres (2.6 ft) in length, but most species barely reach half that size. ^[2]

Species

Prochilodus contains the following valid species ^[3]

• Prochilodus argenteus Spix & Agassiz, 1829 (Curimba)
• Prochilodus brevis Steindachner, 1875 (Brazilian bocachico)
• Prochilodus britskii R. M. C. Castro, 1993
• Prochilodus costatus Valenciennes, 1850
• Prochilodus hartii Steindachner, 1875
• Prochilodus lacustris Steindachner, 1907
• Prochilodus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Streaked prochilos)
• Prochilodus magdalenae Steindachner, 1879
• Prochilodus mariae C. H. Eigenmann, 1922
• Prochilodus nigricans Spix & Agassiz, 1829 (Black prochilodus)
• Prochilodus reticulatus Valenciennes, 1850 (Netted prochilod)
• Prochilodus rubrotaeniatus Jardine, 1841
• Prochilodus vimboides Kner, 1859

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Prochilodontidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 3 August 2025.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Prochilodus". FishBase . October 2011 version.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Prochilodus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 3 August 2025.