Mylossoma
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| Mylossoma aureum | |
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| Genus: | Mylossoma C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903
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| Myletes albiscopus Cope, 1872
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Mylossoma is a genus of serrasalmids from tropical South America.[1]
Species
There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Mylossoma acanthogaster (Valenciennes, 1850)
- Mylossoma aureum (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
- Mylossoma duriventre (G. Cuvier, 1818)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Mylossoma in FishBase. January 2016 version.
- ^ Mateussi, N.T.B., Pavanelli, C.S. & Oliveira, C. (2016): Molecular identification of cryptic diversity in species of cis-Andean Mylossoma (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part A: DNA Mapping, Sequencing, and Analysis, Published online: 09 May 2016.
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