Acnodon
Genus of fishes
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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
| Acnodon | |
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| A. oligacanthus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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] | |
Species
Acnodon contains the following valid species:[2]
- Acnodon normani Gosline, 1951
- Acnodon oligacanthus (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844)
- Acnodon senai Jégu & dos Santos, 1990
