Biology:Metynnis maculatus

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Short description: Species of fish

Metynnis maculatus
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Serrasalmidae
Genus: Metynnis
Species:
M. maculatus
Binomial name
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

Wikidata ☰ Q5647411 entry