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Mylossoma

Mateussi, Nadayca T. B.;Oliveira, Claudio;Pavanelli, Carla S.

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Mylossoma

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Mylossoma is a genus of serrasalmids from tropical and subtropical South America, including the basins of the Amazon, Orinoco, Lake Maracaibo and Paraguay-Paraná. These common fish are found both in main river sections and floodplains. They support important fisheries and based on a review by IBAMA, they are the seventh most caught fish by weight in the Brazilian Amazon. They primarily feed on plant material such as seeds and fruits (to a lesser extent invertebrates), and in their ecology they generally resemble the larger tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum). Mylossoma reach up to in length and in

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderCharaciformes
  5. FamilySerrasalmidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded2,610

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Specimen records
131
Family
Serrasalmidae
Collections
AUM, USNM, CAS, CUMV
Recorded in
Peru, Brazil, Venezuela
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Serrasalminae
Image
Mylossoma aureum.jpg
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Mylossoma is a genus of serrasalmids from tropical and subtropical South America, including the basins of the Amazon, Orinoco, Lake Maracaibo and Paraguay-Paraná. These common fish are found both in main river sections and floodplains. They support important fisheries and based on a review by IBAMA, they are the seventh most caught fish by weight in the Brazilian Amazon. They primarily feed on plant material such as seeds and fruits (to a lesser extent invertebrates), and in their ecology they generally resemble the larger tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum). Mylossoma reach up to in length and in weight.

Fossil remains are known from the Middle Miocene-aged Pebas Formation of Peru.

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