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Metynnis maculatus

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Metynnis maculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Serrasalmidae
Genus: Metynnis
Species:
M. maculatus
Binomial name
Metynnis maculatus
(Kner, 1858)

Metynnis maculatus, the spotted metynnis, is a species of serrasalmid fish found in Argentina and Brazil, and possibly in Bolivia, Paraguay, and Peru. It is one of the species of fish known in the aquarium trade as the "silver dollar".

References

  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Metynnis maculatus". FishBase. October 2011 version.