| Myloplus | |
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| Myloplus rubripinnis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Serrasalmidae |
| 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). 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
There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus. Many of these were formerly included in Myleus.
- Myloplus arnoldi C. G. E. Ahl, 1936
- Myloplus asterias (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844)
- Myloplus aylan Pereira, Ota, Machado, Collins, Ândrade, Garcia-Ayala, Jégu, Farias & Hrbek, 2024
- Myloplus levis (C. H. Eigenmann & McAtee, 1907)
- Myloplus lobatus (Valenciennes, 1850)
- Myloplus lucienae M. C. Andrade, Ota, Bastos & Jégu, 2016
- Myloplus nigrolineatus R. P. Ota, V. N. Machado, M. C. Andrade, R. A. Collins, I. P. Farias & Hrbek, 2020 (Blackline myleus)
- Myloplus planquettei Jégu, Keith & Le Bail, 2003
- Myloplus rhomboidalis (G. Cuvier, 1818)
- 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 ternetzi (Norman, 1929)
- Myloplus tiete (C. H. Eigenmann & A. A. Norris, 1900)
- Myloplus torquatus (Kner, 1858)
- Myloplus tumukumak M. C. Andrade, Jégu & Gama, 2018
- Myloplus zorroi M. C. Andrade, Jégu & Giarrizzo, 2016
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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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