Parodontidae

Taxobox
name = Parodontidae


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Characiformes
subordo = Characoidei
superfamilia = Parodontoidea
familia = Parodontidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Apareiodon"
"Parodon"
"Saccodon"

Parodontidae is a family of fresh water fish of the order Characiformes.cite book | title = Fishes of the World | last = Nelson | first = Joseph, S. | publisher = John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | year = 2006 | ISBN = 0471250317] There are three genera including about 21 species, though there are several undescribed species. These fish are generally benthic and live in mountain streams of eastern Panama and South America It was formerly considered a subfamily of the family Hemiodontidae.

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