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Parodontidae
Scrapetooths
Parodon suborbitalis
Vulnerable Fish of the Orinoco Basin
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
SmallScrapetooths is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Characins
- Family
- Parodontidae
- Genus
- Parodon
- Maximum length
- 12.1 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- South America: Lake Maracaibo and Orinoco River basins.
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
Class
Family
Conservation status
