Acnodon
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| Acnodon | |
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| A. oligacanthus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Serrasalmidae |
| Subfamily: | Myleinae |
| Genus: | Acnodon C. H. Eigenmann, 1903[1] |
| Type species | |
| Myleus oligacanthus J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844[1] | |
Acnodon is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Serrasalmidae, which includes the pacus and piranhas. The fishes in this genus are found in South America
