Biology:Metynnis maculatus
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Metynnis maculatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Serrasalmidae |
Genus: | Metynnis |
Species: | M. maculatus
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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
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Metynnis maculatus" in FishBase. October 2011 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q5647411 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metynnis maculatus.
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