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Mylesinus
Sign in to saveMylesinus is a genus of serrasalmids from South America, where found in the eastern Amazon, Essequibo and Orinoco basins. They are rheophilic, typically found at rapids and mainly feed on Podostemaceae plants. Because of their habitat preference, they are threatened by the building of dams. They reach up to in standard length, and the adult males have a double-lobed anal fin and several filamentous extensions on the dorsal fin.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCharaciformes
- FamilySerrasalmidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Serrasalmidae
- Collections
- AUM, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, MPEG, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Venezuela, Brasil, Suriname, Guyana
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- Serrasalminae
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Mylesinus is a genus of serrasalmids from South America, where found in the eastern Amazon, Essequibo and Orinoco basins. They are rheophilic, typically found at rapids and mainly feed on Podostemaceae plants. Because of their habitat preference, they are threatened by the building of dams. They reach up to in standard length, and the adult males have a double-lobed anal fin and several filamentous extensions on the dorsal fin.
==Species== There are three recognized species: Mylesinus paraschomburgkii Jégu, dos Santos & E. J. G. Ferreira, 1989 Mylesinus paucisquamatus Jégu & dos Santos, 1988 Mylesinus schomburgkii Valenciennes, 1850
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