Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Characiformes
Family: Serrasalmidae Piranhas and pacus
Subfamily: Myleinae
Genus: Myloplus

(See list of species below)


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13 species (see list below)
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Photo by IBAMA

South America
Max. Length 33 cm TL
Myloplus arnoldi Ahl, 1936

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Myloplus arnoldi
[]

Photo by de Gasperis, F.

South America
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Myloplus asterias (Müller & Troschel, 1844)

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Myloplus asterias
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 20 cm SL
 
Myloplus levis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 24.5 cm SL
 
Myloplus lobatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 33.8 cm SL
 
Myloplus lucienae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 23.8 cm SL
 
Myloplus nigrolineatus
[Blackline myleus]

Photo by Le Bail, P.-Y

South America
Max. Length 58 cm SL
Myloplus planquettei Jégu, Keith & Le Bail, 2003

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Myloplus planquettei
[]

Photo by Irtz, P.

South America
Max. Length 41.5 cm TL
Myloplus rubripinnis (Müller & Troschel, 1844)

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Myloplus rubripinnis
[Redhook myleus]

Photo by Muséum-Aquarium de Nancy/B. Alenda

South America
Max. Length 42 cm SL
Myloplus schomburgkii (Jardine, 1841)

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Myloplus schomburgkii
[Disk tetra]

Photo by Ponton, D.

South America
Max. Length 23.1 cm SL
Myloplus ternetzi (Norman, 1929)

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Myloplus ternetzi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 16.3 cm SL
 
Myloplus tiete
[]

Photo by Castro-Lima, F.

South America
Max. Length 29.4 cm SL
Myloplus torquatus (Kner, 1858)

Photo by Photo by Castro-Lima, F.
 
Myloplus torquatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 32.6 cm SL
 
Myloplus zorroi
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Myloplus arnoldi South America 33 TL 1936
Myloplus asterias South America 25 TL 1844
Myloplus levis South America 20 SL 1907
Myloplus lobatus South America 24.5 SL 1850
Myloplus lucienae South America 33.8 SL 2016
Myloplus nigrolineatus Blackline myleus South America 23.8 SL 2020
Myloplus planquettei South America 58 SL 2003
Myloplus rubripinnis Redhook myleus South America 41.5 TL 1844
Myloplus schomburgkii Disk tetra South America 42 SL 1841
Myloplus ternetzi South America 23.1 SL 1929
Myloplus tiete South America 16.3 SL 1900
Myloplus torquatus South America 29.4 SL 1858
Myloplus zorroi South America 32.6 SL 2016



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