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Apareiodon Eigenmann 1916 ἀ-, Greek privative, i.e., without; pareiá (Gr. παρειά), cheek; odon, Latinized and grammatically adjusted from the Greek nominative ὀδούς (odoús), tooth, referring to absence of teeth in side of lower jaw

Apareiodon affinis (Steindachner 1879) Latin for related, referring to its similarity to Parodon suborbitalis, its presumed congener at the time, “essentially identical” (translation) in snout shape, mouth position, dentition and size of infraorbital bone

Apareiodon agmatos Taphorn, López-Fernández & Bernard 2008 genitive of ágma (Gr. ἄγμα), fragment or fracture, referring to incomplete lateral line, unique among parodontids

Apareiodon argenteus Pavanelli & Britski 2003 Latin for silvery, referring to silvery longitudinal stripe under dark mid-lateral stripe

Apareiodon cavalcante Pavanelli & Britski 2003 named for the city of Cavalcante, Goiás, Brazil, type locality

Apareiodon davisi Fowler 1941 in honor of William Baldwin Davis, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA), to whom Fowler was indebted for many American (presumably North) fishes

Apareiodon gransabana Starnes & Schindler 1993 named for the Gran Sabana physiographic province of Venezuela, where it is “probably endemic”

Apareiodon hasemani Eigenmann 1916 in honor of John D. Haseman (1882–1969), Eigenmann’s student and field collector for the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, who collected holotype

Apareiodon ibitiensis Amaral Campos 1944 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: location not specified, presumably Ibiti, São Paulo, Brazil, at or near type locality

Apareiodon itapicuruensis Eigenmann & Henn 1916 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Rio Itapicuru drainage, Estado da Bahia, Brazil, type locality

Apareiodon machrisi Travassos 1957 in honor of American industrialist (oil) and trophy hunter Maurice A. Machris (1905–1980), who helped fund expedition during which holotype was collected

Apareiodon piracicabae (Eigenmann 1907) of Piracicaba, Estado de São Paulo, Brazil, type locality

Apareiodon tigrinus Pavanelli & Britski 2003 Latin for tiger-like, referring to several irregular big blotches and/or bands above and below midlateral stripe

Apareiodon vittatus Garavello 1977 Latin for banded, referring to 6–7 transverse bars on body

Apareiodon vladii Pavanelli 2006 in honor of Brazilian biologist Vladimir “Vladi” Pavan Margarido, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, who recognized that this species was undescribed based on cytogenetic features and “made hard efforts to collect good specimens” for the type series

Parodon Valenciennes 1850 par (L.), even; odon, Latinized and grammatically adjusted from the Greek nominative ὀδούς (odoús), tooth, referring to even cusps on teeth of P. suborbitalis

Parodon alfonsoi Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn 2011 in honor of Alfonso Londoño Orozco, father of the lead author, “for his support and personal inspiration through the years”

Parodon apolinari Myers 1930 in honor of Hermano Apolinar Maria (1867–1949), missionary monk. ornithologist, and Director, Museum at the Instituto de La Salle, Bogotá, Colombia, who sent holotype to Myers

Parodon atratoensis Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn 201 -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Río Atrato, northwest Colombia, type locality

Parodon bifasciatus Eigenmann 1912 bi-, from bis (L.), twice; fasciatus (L.), banded, referring to black lateral band from snout to end of caudal rays, and a narrower parallel band from occiput to base of upper caudal rays

Parodon buckleyi Boulenger 1887 in honor of the late Clarence Buckley, who collected many plants and animals in Ecuador, including holotype of this one

Parodon caliensis Boulenger 1895 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Río Cali, near Cali, Colombia, type locality

Parodon carrikeri Fowler 1940 in honor of bird collector Melbourne Armstrong Carriker, Jr. (1879–1965), who collected holotype

Parodon guyanensis Géry 1960 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Guyana, probably referring to French Guiana,where type locality (Crique Deux-Branches, Upper Mana) is situated

Parodon hilarii Reinhardt 1867 in honor of French botanist Auguste de Saint-Hilaire (1779–1853), whose travels in Brazil “expanded the knowledge of this vast land and its natural productions” (translation)

Parodon magdalenensis Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Taphorn 2011 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: middle río Magdalena drainage, Colombia, where it is endemic

Parodon moreirai Ingenito & Buckup 2005 in honor of Brazilian zoologist Orlando Moreira-Filho, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, who collected types and recognized them as a new species

Parodon nasus Kner 1859 Latin for nose, presumably referring to snout slightly overhanging the mouth

Parodon orinocensis (Bonilla, Machado-Allison, Silvera, Chernoff, López & Lasso 1999) -ensis, suffix denoting place: Orinoco River basin, Venezuela, where it is endemic

Parodon pongoensis (Allen 1942) -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: foothills at Pongo de Manseriche, Marañón River drainage, Peru, type locality

Parodon suborbitalis Valenciennes 1850 Latin for suborbital (below the eye), referring to a well-developed circumorbital bones, particularly to a chain of suborbital ossicles, which give the head an armor-plated appearance

Saccodon Kner 1863 saccus (L.), bag; odon, Latinized and grammatically adjusted from the Greek nominative ὀδούς (odoús), tooth, presumably referring to “bulging mucous membrane” (translation) that surrounds premaxillary of S. wagneri, inside of which are highly specialized teeth for scraping algae

Saccodon dariensis (Meek & Hildebrand 1913) -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Darién, Panama, where type locality (Boca de Cupe) is situated

Saccodon terminalis (Eigenmann & Henn 1914) Latin for terminal, referring to its terminal or subterminal mouth, unique in the family

Saccodon wagneri Kner 1863 in honor of Moritz Wagner (1813–1887), German explorer and geographer, who collected holotype