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Darter characine

Apareiodon affinis

Classification

Apareiodon affinis, the darter characine, is a species of fresh water ray-finned fish belonging to the family Parodontidae, the scrapetooths. These fishes are found in the Río de la Plata Basin in southern Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina. Taxonomy Apareiodon affinis was first formally described as Paradon affinis in 1879 by the Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner, with its type locality given as La Plata in Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 269Argentina · 42Uruguay · 7Paraguay · 2