Myloplus

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Myloplus
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Myloplus rubripinnis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Serrasalmidae
Subfamily: Myleinae
Genus: Myloplus
T. N. Gill, 1896
Type species
Myletes asterias
J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844

Myloplus is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Serrasalmidae found in tropical and subtropical South America, where they inhabit rivers and streams (both slow and fast-flowing). [1] They are primarily herbivores, but also take some animal matter. [1] Depending on the exact species, they reach up to 16–56 cm (0.5–1.8 ft) in standard length. [2] Adult males have a double-lobed anal fin and filamentous extensions on the dorsal fin, and both sexes (but especially males) can be brightly colored when breeding. [1]

Species

There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus. [2] [3] [4] Many of these were formerly included in Myleus . [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 van der Sleen, P.; J.S. Albert, eds. (2017). Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas. Princeton University Press. p. 185-186. ISBN   978-0691170749.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Myloplus". FishBase . June 2024 version.
  3. 1 2 Ota, R.P., Röpke, C.P., Zuanon, J. & Jégu, M. (2013): Serrasalmidae. In: Queiroz, L.J., Torrente-Vilara, G., Ohara, W.M., Pires, T.H.S., Zuanon, J. & Doria, C.R.C. (Eds.), Peixes do rio Madeira. Volume II, Santo Antonio Energia, São Paulo, 12–47.
  4. 1 2 Ota, Rafaela Priscila; Machado, Valéria Nogueira; Andrade, Marcelo C; Collins, Rupert A; Farias, Izeni Pires; Hrbek, Tomas (17 April 2020). "Integrative Taxonomy Reveals A New Species of Pacu (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae: Myloplus) from the Brazilian Amazon". Neotropical Ichthyology. 18 (1). doi: 10.1590/1982-0224-20190112 .
  5. 1 2 Pereira, VD; Ota, Rafaela Priscila; Machado, Valéria Nogueira; Collins, Rupert A; Ândrade, Marcelo C; Garcia-Ayala; Jégu, Miguel; Farias, Izeni; Hrbek, Tomas (2024). "Integrative taxonomy of the black-barred disk pacus (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae), including the redescription of Myloplus schomburgkii and the description of two new species". Neotropical Ichthyology. 22 (2). doi: 10.1590/1982-0224-2023-0095 .
  6. ↑ Andrade, M.C., Ota, R.P., Bastos, D.A. & Jégu, M. (2016): A new large Myloplus Gill 1896 from rio Negro basin, Brazilian Amazon (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae). Zootaxa, 4205 (6): 571–580.
  7. ↑ Andrade, Marcelo C. ; Michel Jégu; and Cecile S. Gama (2018). A New Species of Myloplus Gill (Characiformes, Serrasalmidae) from the Tumucumaque Mountain Range, Brazil and French Guiana, with Comments on M. rubripinnis. Zootaxa. 4403(1); 111–122. doi : 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.1.6
  8. ↑ Andrade, M.C., Jégu, M. & Giarrizzo, T. (2016): A new large species of Myloplus (Characiformes, Serrasalmidae) from the Rio Madeira basin, Brazil. ZooKeys, 571: 153–167.


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