Myloplus
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]
| Myloplus | |
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| Myloplus rubripinnis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
Species
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus.[2][3][4] Many of these were formerly included in Myleus.[3]
- Myloplus arnoldi C. G. E. Ahl, 1936
- Myloplus asterias (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844)
- Myloplus levis (C. H. Eigenmann & McAtee, 1907)
- Myloplus lobatus (Valenciennes, 1850)
- Myloplus lucienae M. C. Andrade, Ota, Bastos & Jégu, 2016[5]
- Myloplus nigrolineatus R. P. Ota, Machado, Andrade, Collins, Farias, & Hrbeck, 2020[4]
- Myloplus planquettei Jégu, Keith & Le Bail, 2003
- Myloplus rhomboidalis (G. Cuvier, 1818)
- Myloplus rubripinnis (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844)
- Myloplus schomburgkii (Jardine, 1841)
- Myloplus ternetzi (Norman, 1929)
- Myloplus tiete (C. H. Eigenmann & A. A. Norris, 1900)
- Myloplus torquatus (Kner, 1858)
- Myloplus tumukumak Andrade, Jégu & Gama, 2018[6]
- Myloplus zorroi M. C. Andrade, Jégu & Giarrizzo, 2016[7]
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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Myloplus in FishBase. October 2017 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. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- 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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