Prochilodus
Prochilodus is a genus of freshwater fish from the family Prochilodontidae. This family include two other genera, "Ichthyoelephas" and "Semaprochilodus", which have been included in "Prochilodus" instead. The greatest species richness of "Prochilodus" is in river basins in eastern, southeastern and southern Brazil, but there are also species in the river basins of the Amazon, Guianas, Colombia, Venezuela, Paraguay and northeastern Argentina. The largest species in the genus reach about in length, but most species barely reach half that size. Species. FishBase recognize the following species in the genus: