Biology:Myloplus zorroi

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Myloplus zorroi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Serrasalmidae
Genus: Myloplus
Species:
M. zorroi
Binomial name
Myloplus zorroi
M. C. Andrade, Jégu & Giarrizzo, 2016[1]

Myloplus zorroi is a medium to large omnivorous fish of the family Serrasalmidae from Brazil.[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Mauricio Camargo-Zorro, a researcher at the Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia in São Paulo.[3]

References

  1. Andrade, M.C., Jégu, M. & Giarrizzo, T. (2016): A new large species of Myloplus (Characiformes, Serrasalmidae) from the Rio Madeira basin, Brazil. ZooKeys, 571: 153–167.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Myloplus zorroi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/characiformes2/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q23469068 entry