''Acnodon'' is a genus of
serrasalmid
The Serrasalmidae (serrasalmids) are a family of characiform fishes native to freshwater habitats of South America. They include more than 90 species. The name means "serrated salmon family", which refers to the serrated keel running along the ...
s found in
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
, with three recognized species:
* ''
Acnodon normani''
Gosline, 1951
* ''
Acnodon oligacanthus''
( J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844)
* ''
Acnodon senai''
Jégu & dos Santos, 1990
References
Serrasalmidae
Fish of South America
Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
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