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Scrapetooths

Parodon suborbitalis

Classification

The Parodontidae, the scrapetooths, are a family of fresh water ray-finned fish belonging to the order Characiformes. The fish in this family are rheophilic and are specialised for feeding by scraping algae off rocks. The fish in this family are found in the tropical and subtropical Neotropics.

Distribution

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