Family PANTODONTIDAE Peters 1878 (Freshwater Butterflyish)

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Pantodon Peters 1878 pantós (Gr. παντός), genitive of pā́s (πᾶς), all; odon, Latinized and grammatically adjusted from the Greek nominative ὀδούς (odoús), tooth, referring to teeth on premaxilla, upper jaw, lower jaw, vomer, palatine, tongue, and upper and lower pharygeal bones

Pantodon buchholzi Peters 1878 in honor of German physician, zoologist and explorer Reinhold Buchholz (1837–1876), who collected holotype