title: Parodon
text: # Parodon
  
  Parodon is a genus of scrapetooths from South America, which can be found as far south as Río de la Plata.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:
  
  * Parodon alfonsoi Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2011
  * Parodon apolinari G. S. Myers, 1930
  * Parodon atratoensis Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2011
  * Parodon bifasciatus C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
  * Parodon buckleyi Boulenger, 1887
  * Parodon caliensis Boulenger, 1895
  * Parodon carrikeri Fowler, 1940
  * Parodon guyanensis Géry, 1959
  * Parodon hilarii J. T. Reinhardt, 1867
  * Parodon magdalenensis Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2011
  * Parodon moreirai Ingenito & Buckup, 2005
  * Parodon nasus Kner, 1859
  * Parodon pongoensis (W. R. Allen, 1942) (Pongo characin)
  * Parodon suborbitalis Valenciennes, 1850
  