{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Schizodon borellii 362632052 (cropped).jpg | image_caption = ''Schizodon borellii'' | taxon = Schizodon | authority = Agassiz, 1829<ref name = "Cof family">{{Cof family|family=Leporininae|access-date=27 July 2025}}</ref> | type_species = Schizodon fasciatus | type_species_authority = Spix & Agassiz, 1829<ref name = "Cof family"/> | synonyms = * ''Lahilliella'' <small>C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name = "Cof family"/> }}
'''''Schizodon''''' is a genus of headstander from South America. Though found widely in tropical freshwater habitats in the continent, the greatest species richness is in the Paraná–Paraguay–Uruguay river basin.<ref name=fishbase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Schizodon| month = October | year = 2011}}</ref> They reach up to {{convert|40|cm|ft|abbr=on}} in standard length.<ref name=fishbase/> They are herbivorous, feeding on fruits, seeds, algae, macrophytes, leaves and roots.<ref name=Goulding1980>{{cite book | author=Goulding, M | year=1980 | title=The Fishes and the Forest: Explorations in Amazonian Natural History | publisher=University of California Press | pages=174–175 | isbn=0-520-04131-3 }}</ref> [[File:Schizodon vittatus.jpg|thumb|''Schizodon vittatus'']]
==Species== There are currently 16 described species in this genus.<ref name=fishbase/>
*''Schizodon altoparanae'' <small>Garavello & Britski, 1990</small> *''Schizodon australis'' <small>Garavello, 1994</small> *''Schizodon borellii'' <small>(Boulenger, 1900)</small> *''Schizodon corti'' <small>L. P. Schultz, 1944</small> *''Schizodon dissimilis'' <small>(Garman, 1890)</small> *''Schizodon fasciatus'' <small>Spix & Agassiz, 1829</small> *''Schizodon intermedius'' <small>Garavello & Britski, 1990</small> *''Schizodon isognathus'' <small>Kner, 1858</small> *''Schizodon jacuiensis'' <small>Bergmann, 1988</small> *''Schizodon knerii'' <small>(Steindachner, 1875)</small> *''Schizodon nasutus'' <small>Kner, 1858</small> *''Schizodon platae'' <small>(Garman, 1890)</small> *''Schizodon rostratus'' <small>(Borodin, 1931)</small> *''Schizodon scotorhabdotus'' <small>Sidlauskas, Garavello & Jellen, 2007</small> *''Schizodon succinctus'' <small>Burmeister, 1861</small> *''Schizodon vittatus'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1850)</small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Leporininae Category:Schizodon Category:Taxa_named_by_Louis_Agassiz Category:Fish of South America Category:Actinopterygii genera
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