Prosomyleus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Serrasalmidae |
| Subfamily: | Myleinae |
| Genus: | Prosomyleus Géry, 1972 |
| Species: | P. rhomboidalis
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| Prosomyleus rhomboidalis (G. Cuvier, 1818)
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Prosomyleus rhomboidalis is a medium to large omnivorous fish of the family Serrasalmidae from South America, where it is found in the Amazon River basin, as well as the north and the eastern Guiana Shield rivers. It is the only species in the genus Prosomyleus. It can grow to a length of 40.7 cm (16.0 in).[1] It was formerly placed in the genus Myleus, of which it was thought to be the only member of its own subgenus, Prosomyleus. It was upgraded to being a distinct genus in 2021.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Myloplus rhomboidalis". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Prosomyleus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ Kolmann, M A; Hughes, L C; Hernandez, L P; Arcila, D; Betancur-R, R; Sabaj, M H; López-Fernández, H; Ortí, G (2021-05-01). "Phylogenomics of Piranhas and Pacus (Serrasalmidae) Uncovers How Dietary Convergence and Parallelism Obfuscate Traditional Morphological Taxonomy". Systematic Biology. 70 (3): 576–592. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syaa065. ISSN 1063-5157.
- Planquette, P., P. Keith and P.-Y. Le Bail, 1996. Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane. Tome 1. Collection du Patrimoine Naturel Volume 22, MNHN, Paris & INRA, Paris. 429 p.
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