Catoprion is a genus of serrasalmids from tropical South America, including the basins of the Amazon, Essequibo, Orinoco and Paraguay rivers.[1] It was believed to be a monotypic genus until the 2020 description of C. absconditus.[2]
Catoprion
Catoprion mento
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Characiformes
Family:
Serrasalmidae
Genus:
Catoprion J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844
Species
2, see text
^Janovetz, J. (2005-12-15). "Functional morphology of feeding in the scale-eating specialist Catoprion mento". Journal of Experimental Biology. 208 (24): 4757–4768. doi:10.1242/jeb.01938. ISSN 0022-0949. PMID 16326957.
^Mateussi, Nadayca T. Bonani; Melo, Bruno F.; Oliveira, Claudio (2020). "Molecular delimitation and taxonomic revision of the wimple piranha Catoprion (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) with the description of a new species". Journal of Fish Biology. 97 (3): 668–685. doi:10.1111/jfb.14417. ISSN 1095-8649. PMID 32501542. S2CID 219328539.
Catoprion is a genus of serrasalmids from tropical South America, including the basins of the Amazon, Essequibo, Orinoco and Paraguay rivers. It was believed...
taxa plus Pygopristis, Catoprion, and Pristobrycon striolatus. Pygopristis was found to be more closely related to Catoprion than the other three piranha...
The wimple piranha, Catoprion mento, is a specialized, South American species of piranha that feeds on fish scales. There is some debate over whether...
in the Tambaqui for instance, a zig-zag pattern of five teeth (like in Catoprion) or a single row of six teeth, which is typical for the carnivorous species...
chromosomes, ranging from 54 to 62. Metynnis has 62 chromosomes, as does Catoprion, Pristobrycon striolatus, and Pygopristis. Serrasalmids inhabit all major...
Within the family Serrasalmidae, P. denticulata is more closely related to Catoprion than it is to the majority of species traditionally considered true piranhas...
fallen scales of their prey. The attack behaviour of the wimple piranha Catoprion mento, whose diet consists mainly of scales, is described as a “high-speed”...
(2005). "Functional morphology of feeding in the scale-eating specialist Catoprion mento" (PDF). The Journal of Experimental Biology. 208 (Pt 24): 4757–4768...
dictionary. Palometa is a name used for several species of fish: Freshwater Catoprion mento, the wimple piranha from several South American river basins Metynnis...
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