Paramyloplus

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Paramyloplus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Serrasalmidae
Subfamily: Myleinae
Genus: Paramyloplus
Norman, 1929
Type species
Paramyloplus ternetzi
Norman, 1929 [1]

Paramyloplus is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Serrasalmidae found in northern South America. After its description, this genus was later synonymized with Myloplus, but was revived in 2021 as a distinct genus. [2] [3]

Species

The following species are placed in this genus: [2]

References

  1. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Myleinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Paramyloplus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  3. ↑ Kolmann, M A; Hughes, L C; Hernandez, L P; Arcila, D; Betancur-R, R; Sabaj, M H; López-Fernández, H; Ortí, G (2021-05-01). "Phylogenomics of Piranhas and Pacus (Serrasalmidae) Uncovers How Dietary Convergence and Parallelism Obfuscate Traditional Morphological Taxonomy". Systematic Biology. 70 (3): 576–592. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syaa065. ISSN   1063-5157.
  4. ↑ Andrade, Marcelo C.; López-Fernández, Hernán; Liverpool, Elford A. (2019-11-25). "New Myloplus from Essequibo River basin, Guyana, with discussion on the taxonomic status of Myleus pacu (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae)". Neotropical Ichthyology. 17: e190026. doi: 10.1590/1982-0224-20190026 . ISSN   1679-6225.
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