13, see text Prochilodus is a genus of freshwater fish from the family Prochilodontidae.

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 80 centimetres (2.6 ft) in length, but most species barely reach half that size.

[1] FishBase recognize the following species in the genus:[1]

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