Myloplus
| Myloplus | |
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| Myloplus rubripinnis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Serrasalmidae |
| Subfamily: | Myleinae |
| Genus: | Myloplus T. N. Gill, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Myletes asterias J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844 | |
| Synonyms | |
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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). They are primarily herbivores, but also take some animal matter. Depending on the exact species, they reach up to 16–56 cm (0.5–1.8 ft) in standard length. 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.
Species
Myloplus contains the following species:
- Myloplus animacula Soares, Andrade & Lucinda, 2023
- Myloplus arnoldi C. G. E. Ahl, 1936
- Myloplus asterias (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844)
- Myloplus aylan Pereira, R. P. Ota, V. N. Machado, R. A. Collins, M. C. Andrade, Garcia-Ayala, Jégu, I. P. Farias & Hrbek, 2024
- Myloplus levis (C. H. Eigenmann & McAtee, 1907)
- Myloplus lobatus (Valenciennes, 1850)
- Myloplus lucienae Andrade, Ota, Bastos & Jégu, 2016
- Myloplus nigrolineatus Ota, Machado, Andrade, Collins, Farias & Hrbek, 2020 (Blackline myleus)
- Myloplus rubripinnis (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844) (Redhook myleus)
- Myloplus sauron Pereira, Ota, Machado, Collins, Ândrade, Garcia-Ayala, Jégu, Farias & Hrbek, 2024
- Myloplus schomburgkii (Jardine, 1841) (Disk tetra)
- Myloplus tiete (C. H. Eigenmann & A. A. Norris, 1900)
- Myloplus torquatus (Kner, 1858)
- Myloplus tumukumak Andrade, Jégu & Gama, 2018
- Myloplus zorroi Andrade, Jégu & Giarrizzo, 2016
References
- 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Myleinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- 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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Myloplus". FishBase. June 2024 version.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Myleus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
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