Parodon nasus

The Parodon nasus lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater, pH range: 6.2 - 7.2, dH range: 20 environment.

* Parodon nasus (syn: Parodon tortuosus), freshwater fish (see Characidae) * Typhlonus nasus, a cusk-eel (see Ophidiidae) * Xenotilapia nasus, a Cichlid Other species: * Brookesia More

Parodon nasus - taken under water in the Rio Claro at Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazi photo by Ivan Sazima Parodon tortuosus Eigenmann and Norris, 1900 is a junior synonym of Parodon nasus Kner, 1859 remarks: More

Cytotaxonomy of Parodon nasus and Parodon tortuosus (Pisces, Characiformes). More

Cytotaxonomy of Parodon nasus and Parodon tortuosus (Pisces, Characiformes). A case of synonymy confirmed by cytogenetic analyses. Genetics and Molecular Biology v. 28 (no. 4): 710-716. More

Argentina represent specimens of Parodon nasus, a senior synonym of P. tortuosus. Parodon suborbitalis is restricted to the basins of Orinoco river and lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. The discussion of former misidentifications is not a systematical act in the sense of the ICZN. More

freshwater fish Parodon nasus and Parodon tortuosus in order to evaluate a putative synonymy. The diploid chromosome number observed in both species was 2n = 54 (48M/SM and 6ST) with no differences between the sexes. More

Parodon nasus hilarii See Parodon hilarii Parodon paraguarensis See Apareiodon affinis Parodon piracicabae See Apareiodon piracicabae Parodon pirassunungae See Parodon davisi Parodon pirassunungae See Parodon tortuosus Parodon pongoense See Parodon pongoensis More

Common names

Boguita in Spanish (español)
Canivete in Portuguese (Português)
Canivete in Spanish (español)
Duro-Duro in Portuguese (Português)
Sinilevätetra in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Tanchina in Portuguese (Português)

Order : Characiformes
Family : Parodontidae
Genus : Parodon
Species : Parodon nasus
Authority : Kner, 1859