Myloplus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Serrasalmidae
Genus: Myloplus
Species: M. asterias – M. lucienae – M. planquettei – M. rubripinnis – M. zorroi
Name

Myloplus Gill, 1896
References

Gill, T., 1896: Notes on Orectolobus or Crossorhinus, a genus of sharks. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 18 (1057): 211–212. Reference page.
Andrade, M.C., Jégu, M. & Gama, C.S. 2018. A new species of Myloplus Gill (Characiformes, Serrasalmidae) from the Tumucumaque Mountain Range, Brazil and French Guiana, with comments on M. rubripinnis. Zootaxa 4403(1): 111–122. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.1.6 Reference page.
Andrade, M.C., Jégu, M. & Giarrizzo, T. 2016. A new large species of Myloplus (Characiformes, Serrasalmidae) from the Rio Madeira basin, Brazil. ZooKeys 571: 153–167. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.571.5983 Open access Reference page.
Andrade, M.C., Ota, R.P., Bastos, D.A. & Jégu, M. 2016. A new large Myloplus Gill 1896 from rio Negro basin, Brazilian Amazon (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae). Zootaxa 4205(6): 571–580. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.6.5. Reference page.

Myloplus is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Serrasalmidae found in tropical and subtropical South America, where they inhabit rivers and streams (both slow and fast-flowing).[1] They are primarily herbivores, but also take some animal matter.[1] Depending on the exact species, they reach up to 16–56 cm (0.5–1.8 ft) in standard length.[2] Adult males have a double-lobed anal fin and filamentous extensions on the dorsal fin, and both sexes (but especially males) can be brightly colored when breeding.[1]
Species

There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus.[2][3][4] Many of these were formerly included in Myleus.[3]

Myloplus arnoldi C. G. E. Ahl, 1936
Myloplus asterias (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844)
Myloplus aylan Pereira, Ota, Machado, Collins, Ândrade, Garcia-Ayala, Jégu, Farias & Hrbek, 2024[5]
Myloplus levis (C. H. Eigenmann & McAtee, 1907)
Myloplus lobatus (Valenciennes, 1850)
Myloplus lucienae M. C. Andrade, Ota, Bastos & Jégu, 2016[6]
Myloplus nigrolineatus R. P. Ota, V. N. Machado, M. C. Andrade, R. A. Collins, I. P. Farias & Hrbek, 2020[4] (Blackline myleus)
Myloplus planquettei Jégu, Keith & Le Bail, 2003
Myloplus rhomboidalis (G. Cuvier, 1818)
Myloplus rubripinnis (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844) (Redhook myleus)
Myloplus sauron Pereira, Ota, Machado, Collins, Ândrade, Garcia-Ayala, Jégu, Farias & Hrbek, 2024[5]
Myloplus schomburgkii (Jardine, 1841) (Disk tetra)
Myloplus ternetzi (Norman, 1929)
Myloplus tiete (C. H. Eigenmann & A. A. Norris, 1900)
Myloplus torquatus (Kner, 1858)
Myloplus tumukumak M. C. Andrade, Jégu & Gama, 2018[7]
Myloplus zorroi M. C. Andrade, Jégu & Giarrizzo, 2016[8]

References

van der Sleen, P.; J.S. Albert, eds. (2017). Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas. Princeton University Press. p. 185-186. ISBN 978-0691170749.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Myloplus in FishBase. June 2024 version.
Ota, R.P., Röpke, C.P., Zuanon, J. & Jégu, M. (2013): Serrasalmidae. In: Queiroz, L.J., Torrente-Vilara, G., Ohara, W.M., Pires, T.H.S., Zuanon, J. & Doria, C.R.C. (Eds.), Peixes do rio Madeira. Volume II, Santo Antonio Energia, São Paulo, 12–47.
Ota, Rafaela Priscila; Machado, Valéria Nogueira; Andrade, Marcelo C; Collins, Rupert A; Farias, Izeni Pires; Hrbek, Tomas (17 April 2020). "Integrative Taxonomy Reveals A New Species of Pacu (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae: Myloplus) from the Brazilian Amazon". Neotropical Ichthyology. 18 (1). doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20190112.
Pereira, VD; Ota, Rafaela Priscila; Machado, Valéria Nogueira; Collins, Rupert A; Ândrade, Marcelo C; Garcia-Ayala; Jégu, Miguel; Farias, Izeni; Hrbek, Tomas (2024). "Integrative taxonomy of the black-barred disk pacus (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae), including the redescription of Myloplus schomburgkii and the description of two new species". Neotropical Ichthyology. 22 (2). doi:10.1590/1982-0224-2023-0095.
Andrade, M.C., Ota, R.P., Bastos, D.A. & Jégu, M. (2016): A new large Myloplus Gill 1896 from rio Negro basin, Brazilian Amazon (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae). Zootaxa, 4205 (6): 571–580.
Andrade, Marcelo C. ; Michel Jégu; and Cecile S. Gama (2018). A New Species of Myloplus Gill (Characiformes, Serrasalmidae) from the Tumucumaque Mountain Range, Brazil and French Guiana, with Comments on M. rubripinnis. Zootaxa. 4403(1); 111–122. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4403.1.6
Andrade, M.C., Jégu, M. & Giarrizzo, T. (2016): A new large species of Myloplus (Characiformes, Serrasalmidae) from the Rio Madeira basin, Brazil. ZooKeys, 571: 153–167.