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Roundnosed characin

Apareiodon machrisi Travassos, 1957

Status not recordedbony fish

The roundnosed characin (Apareiodon machrisi) is a species in the family Parodontidae, order Characiformes.

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Quick facts about the roundnosed characin

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the roundnosed characin live?

Not recorded

Is the roundnosed characin endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the roundnosed characin classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCharaciformes
  5. familyParodontidae
  6. genusApareiodon
  7. SpeciesApareiodon machrisi Travassos, 1957
Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • polozubka MachrisovaCzech
  • CanivetePortuguese
  • Falso-canivete-pastadorPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the roundnosed characin

Other species in the same genus Apareiodon.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the roundnosed characin?

The roundnosed characin (Apareiodon machrisi) belongs to the family Parodontidae in the order Characiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Roundnosed characin (Apareiodon machrisi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/roundnosed-characin

MLA

“Roundnosed characin (Apareiodon machrisi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/roundnosed-characin.

BibTeX
@misc{roundnosed_characin_2026,
  title = {Roundnosed characin (Apareiodon machrisi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/roundnosed-characin},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}