Characodon
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Characodon is a genus of fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...

 in the Goodeidae
Goodeidae
Splitfins, are a family, Goodeidae, of teleost fish endemic to Mexico and some areas of the United States. This family contains 40 species within 18 genera. The family is named after ichthyologist George Brown Goode.-Range and Geographic Distribution:...

 family.
It contains the following species:
  • bold characodon
    Bold characodon
    The bold characodon is a species of fish in the Goodeidae family that is endemic to Mexico.-References:* Contreras-Balderas, S. & Almada-Villela, P. 1996. . Retrieved 3 August 2007....

     (Characodon audax)
  • parras characodon
    Parras characodon
    The parras characodon was a species of fish in the Goodeidae family. It was endemic to Mexico.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. . Downloaded on 3 August 2007....

     (Characodon garmani)
  • rainbow goodeid
    Rainbow goodeid
    The rainbow goodeid is a species of fish in the Goodeidae family. It is endemic to Mexico.-Source:* Contreras-Balderas, S. & Almada-Villela, P. 1996. . Downloaded on 3 August 2007....

    (Characodon lateralis)
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