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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Characiformes
Superfamilia: Anostomoidea

Familia: Prochilodontidae
Genus: Semaprochilodus
Species (6): S. brama – S. insignis – S. kneri – S. laticeps – S. taeniurus – S. varii
Name

Semaprochilodus Fowler, 1941

Gender: Masculine
Type species: Semaprochilodus squamilentus Fowler, 1941
Type by original designation

References

Fowler, H.W. 1941: A collection of fresh-water fishes obtained in eastern Brazil by Dr. Rodolpho von Ihering. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 93: 123–199.
Castro, R.M.C. & Vari, R.P. 2004: Detritivores of the South American fish family Prochilodontidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes): a phylogenetic and revisionary study. Smithsonian contributions to zoology, (622)

Links

Semaprochilodus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Semaprochilodus in the World Register of Marine Species
Semaprochilodus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Semaprochilodus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Semaprochilodus – Taxon details on Nomenclator Zoologicus (NZ).

Semaprochilodus is a genus of South American freshwater fish in the family Prochilodontidae. They have sometimes been included in the genus Prochilodus instead. Of the six species, three are from the Amazon Basin, two from the Orinoco Basin and a single from the Maroni Basin. Depending on the exact species, they reach a maximum length of 27–54 centimetres (11–21 in).[1]

They support important fisheries and based on a review by IBAMA, they are the second (after Brachyplatystoma vaillantii) most caught fish by weight in the Brazilian Amazon.[2]
Species

FishBase recognizes the following species in the genus:[1]

Semaprochilodus brama (Valenciennes, 1850)
Semaprochilodus insignis (Jardine, 1841) (Kissing prochilodus)
Semaprochilodus kneri (Pellegrin, 1909)
Semaprochilodus laticeps (Steindachner, 1879)
Semaprochilodus taeniurus (Valenciennes, 1821) (Silver prochilodus)
Semaprochilodus varii R. M. C. Castro, 1988

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Semaprochilodus in FishBase. March 2017 version.
Araujo-Lima, C.A.R.M.; and M.L. Ruffino (2004). Migratory Fishes of the Brazilian Amazon. Pp. 233—302 in: Carolsfeld, J.; B. Harvey; C. Ross; and A. Baer (editors). Migratory Fishes of South America. ISBN 9781552501146..

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