Mylesinus

Mylesinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Serrasalmidae
Genus: Mylesinus
Type species
Mylesinus schomburgkii
Valenciennes, 1850

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.[1][2] Because of their habitat preference, they are threatened by the building of dams.[2] They reach up to 35 cm (1.15 ft) in standard length,[3] and the adult males have a double-lobed anal fin and several filamentous extensions on the dorsal fin.[4]

Species

There are three recognized species:[3]

  • Mylesinus paraschomburgkii Jégu, dos Santos & E. J. G. Ferreira, 1989
  • Mylesinus paucisquamatus Jégu & dos Santos, 1988
  • Mylesinus schomburgkii Valenciennes, 1850

References

  1. ↑ J.E.P. Cyrino (editor) (2008). Feeding and Digestive Functions in Fishes. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-4398-4269-0.
  2. 1 2 O.B. Vitorino Júnior; C.S. Agostinho; and F.M. Pelicice (2016). "Ecology of Mylesinus paucisquamatus Jégu & Santos, 1988, an endangered fish species from the rio Tocantins basin". Neotrop. Ichthyol. 14 (2).
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Mylesinus in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  4. ↑ van der Sleen, P.; and J.S. Albert, eds. (2017). Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas. Princeton University Press. p. 184. ISBN 978-0691170749.


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