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Metynnis

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Metynnis
Metynnis hypsauchen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Serrasalmidae
Genus: Metynnis
Cope, 1878
Type species
Metynnis luna
Cope, 1878

Metynnis is a genus of serrasalmid fish from tropical and subtropical South America.[1] They are herbivorous or omnivorous, and inhabit a wide range of freshwater habitats, ranging from rivers and streams (both fast- and slow-flowing), to floodplains, flooded forests, lakes, pools and reservoirs.[2] They generally reach 8–15 cm (3–6 in) in standard length,[2] although a few species may reach up to 18 cm (7 in).[1] The genus contains many of the species known as silver dollars in the aquarium trade.

Species

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There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:[1]

Species Image
Metynnis altidorsalis

C. G. E. Ahl, 1923

Metynnis argenteus (silver dollar)

C. G. E. Ahl, 1923

Metynnis cuiaba

Pavanelli, Ota & Petry, 2009

Metynnis fasciatus

C. G. E. Ahl, 1931

Metynnis guaporensis

C. H. Eigenmann, 1915

Metynnis hypsauchen (silver dollar)

(J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844)

Metynnis lippincottianus (spotted silver dollar)

(Cope, 1870)

Metynnis longipinnis (silver dollar)

Zarske & Géry, 2008

Metynnis luna

Cope, 1878

Metynnis maculatus (spotted metynnis)

(Kner, 1858)

Metynnis melanogrammus

Ota, Rapp Py-Daniel & Jégu, 2016[3]

Metynnis mola

C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903

Metynnis orinocensis

(Steindachner, 1908)

Metynnis otuquensis

C. G. E. Ahl, 1923

Metynnis polystictus (silver dollar)

Zarske & Géry, 2008

References

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  1. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Metynnis". FishBase. May 2017 version.
  2. ^ a b van der Sleen, P.; J.S. Albert, eds. (2017). Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas. Princeton University Press. p. 183-184. ISBN 978-0691170749.
  3. ^ Ota, R.P., Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H. & Jégu, M. (2016): A new Silver Dollar species of Metynnis Cope, 1878 (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) from Northwestern Brazil and Southern Venezuela. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (4): e160023.