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PHYTOPHAGOUS SERRASALMIDAE

Pacus, Palometas, Tambaqui, Piratinga, and Silver Dollars/Red Hooks

 

VALID SPECIES LIST 2011

genus Acnodon

Acnodon normani

Gosline 1951

 

Amazon, Xingu and Tocantins R. basins, Brazil

Sheep pacu

Acnodon oligacanthus

Müller & Troschel 1844

 

Northern Guiana Shield rivers: French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname

Sheep pacu

genus Colossoma

Colossoma macropomum

Cuvier 1816

 

Amazon and Orinoco basins, introduced elsewhere: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela. Introduced or raised in Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Jamaica and Panama

Vulgar name: Tambaqui

genus Piaractus

Piaractus brachypomus 

Cuvier 1818

 

Amazon and Orinoco R. basins: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela

Vulgar name:  Pirapitinga

Piaractus mesopotamicus

Holmberg 1887

 

Paraguay-Paraná R. basin: Argentina, Boliva, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay

Vulgar name: Pirapitinga

genus Mylesinus

Mylesinus paraschomburgkii 

Jégu, Santos & Ferreira 1989

 

Left tributaries of lower Amazon R., Araguaia R.: Brazi

Mylesinus paucisquamatus

Jégu & Santos 1988

 

Tocantins R. basin, Brazil

Mylesinus schomburgkii 

Valenciennes 1850

 

Essequibo and Orinoco R. basins: Guyana and Venezuela

genus Myleus

Myleus altipinnis

Valenciennes 1850

 

Săo Franciso R. basin, Brazil

Myleus arnoldi 

Ahl 1936

 

Amazon, Xingu and Tocantins R. basins, Brazil

Myleus knerii

Steindachner 1881

 

Maroni R. basin, French Guiana

Myleus levis 

Eigenmann & McAtee 1907

 

Paraguay-Paraná R. basin: Brazil and Paraguay

Myleus lobatus 

Valenciennes 1850

 

Amazon and Orinoco R. basins: Brazil, Peru and Venezuela

Myleus micans

Lütken 1875

 

Săo Francisco R. basin, Brazil

Myleus pacu

Jardine & Schomburgk 1841

 

Essequibo R., Guyana

Type unique

Myleus rhomboidalis

Cuvier 1818

 

Amazon R. basin and n. and e. Guiana Shield rivers: Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela

Myleus schomburgkii

Jardine & Schomburgki 1941

 

Middle and lower Amazon R. basin, Nanay R., upper Orinoco R. basin: Brazil, Peru, Suriname (?) and Venezuela

Vulgar name: Disc tetra

Myleus setiger

Müller & Troschel 1844

 

Tributaries of lower and middle Amazon R. basin, orinoco R. basin, upper Orinoco R. and tributaries, and n. and e. Guiana Shield rivers: Brazil, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela

Myleus ternetzi

Norman 1929

 

French Guiana

Myleus tiete

Eigenmann & Norris 1900

 

Paraguay-Paraná R. basin: Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay

Myleus torquatus

Kner 1858

 

Amazon, Negro and Orinoco R. basins: Brazil and Venezuela

 

 

genus Myloplus

Myloplus asterias 

Müller & Troschel 1844

 

Amazon R. basin, n. and e. Guiana Shield rivers: Argentina, Brazil and Guyana

Myloplus planquettei

Jégu, Keith & Le Bail 2003

 

Mana and Maroni basins, French Guiana and Surinam, and Essequibo basin, Guiana

Myloplus rubripinnis

Müller & Troschel, 1844

 

Guyana

Vulgar name: Redhook Myleus

genus Mylossoma

Mylossoma acanthogaster

Valenciennes 1850

 

Lake Maracaibo basin, Venezuela

Mylossoma aureum

Spix & Agassiz 1829

 

Brazil

Fig 1,   Fig 2 and Fig 3

Mylossoma duriventre

Cuvier 1818

 

Amazon, Orinoco and Paraguay-Paraná R. basins: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela

Fig 1, Fig 2, Fig 3, Fig 4, and Fig 5

genus Ossubtus

Ossubtus xinguense

Jégu 1992

 

Xingu R. basin, Brazil

Vulgar name: Parrot pacu

genus Tometes

Tometes lebaili

Jégu, Keith & Belmont-Jégu 2002

 

Guianas and Suriname

Tometes makue

Jégu, Santos & Belmont-Jégu 2002

 

Middle and upper Negro R. and Orinoco R. basins: Brazil and Venezuela

Tometes trilobatus

Valenciennes 1850

 

Northeastern Guiana Shield rivers: Brazil and French Guiana

genus Utiaritichthys

Utiaritichthys longidorsalis 

Jégu, Tito de Morais & Santos 1992

 

Madeira R. basin, Brazil

Utiaritichthys sennaebragai 

Miranda Ribeiro 1937

 

 Right tributaries of middle and lower Amazon R. and lower Orinoco R. basin: Brazil and Venezuela

 

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