Biology:Metynnis maculatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Serrasalmidae |
| Genus: | Metynnis |
| Species: | M. maculatus
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| Metynnis maculatus (Kner, 1858)
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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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Metynnis maculatus" in FishBase. October 2011 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q5647411 entry
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