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Common member of the family Serrasalmidae
 
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Pronounced seh rah sal mid eh
Family Common Name Disc Characins
Distribution South America
Common Names Pirhana, pacu, silver dollar
Size Smallest 58mm, largest 1080mm, average 264mm, most commonly 150mm. All SL.
Subfamilies There are 2 subfamilies in the database
Species There are 42 "species" in 15 genera in the database
Keepers 4 species ( 9%) are being kept by registered keepers
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2.Undefined38 species(90%)
2.Myleinae1 species(2%)
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1.Metynnis 6 species(4 keepers)
2.Myloplus 5 species(2 keepers)
3.Myleus 2 species(1 keepers)
4.Acnodon 0 species(0 keepers)
5.Catoprion 1 species(0 keepers)
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1.
Myloplus schomburgkiiMyloplus schomburgkii
(28.57%)
2.
Metynnis hypsauchenMetynnis hypsauchen
(28.57%)
3.
Metynnis argenteusMetynnis argenteus
(28.57%)
4.
Myleus sp. `LAMAX III`Myleus sp. `LAMAX III`
(14.29%)
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(Chronological | Most Kept | Most Bred)
1.Acnodon normani(i:0, k:0, b:0)
2.
Catoprion mentoCatoprion mento
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
3.
Colossoma macropomumColossoma macropomum
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
4.
Metynnis argenteusMetynnis argenteus
(i:2, k:2, b:0)
5.Metynnis fasciatus(i:0, k:0, b:0)
6.
Metynnis hypsauchenMetynnis hypsauchen
(i:1, k:2, b:0)
7.Metynnis lippincottianus(i:0, k:0, b:0)
8.
Metynnis maculatusMetynnis maculatus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
9.Metynnis mola(i:0, k:0, b:0)
10.Mylesinus paraschomburgkii(i:0, k:0, b:0)
11.Myleus altipinnis(i:0, k:0, b:0)
12.
Myleus sp. `LAMAX III`Myleus sp. `LAMAX III`
(i:1, k:1, b:0)
13.Myloplus asterias(i:0, k:0, b:0)
14.Myloplus levis(i:0, k:0, b:0)
15.
Myloplus rubripinnisMyloplus rubripinnis
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
16.
Myloplus schomburgkiiMyloplus schomburgkii
(i:2, k:2, b:0)
17.Myloplus tiete(i:0, k:0, b:0)
18.Mylossoma aureum(i:0, k:0, b:0)
19.Mylossoma duriventre(i:0, k:0, b:0)
20.Ossubtus xinguense(i:0, k:0, b:0)
21.
Paramyloplus ternetziParamyloplus ternetzi
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
22.
Piaractus brachypomusPiaractus brachypomus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
23.
Prosomyleus rhomboidalisProsomyleus rhomboidalis
(i:4, k:0, b:0)
24.Pygocentrus cariba(i:0, k:0, b:0)
25.
Pygocentrus nattereriPygocentrus nattereri
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
26.Pygocentrus piraya(i:0, k:0, b:0)
27.Pygopristis denticulata(i:0, k:0, b:0)
28.Serrasalmus altispinis(i:0, k:0, b:0)
29.Serrasalmus altuvei(i:0, k:0, b:0)
30.Serrasalmus calmoni(i:0, k:0, b:0)
31.Serrasalmus compressus(i:0, k:0, b:0)
32.Serrasalmus eigenmanni(i:0, k:0, b:0)
33.Serrasalmus elongatus(i:0, k:0, b:0)
34.
Serrasalmus geryiSerrasalmus geryi
(i:3, k:0, b:0)
35.Serrasalmus gibbus(i:0, k:0, b:0)
36.Serrasalmus hollandi(i:0, k:0, b:0)
37.
Serrasalmus humeralisSerrasalmus humeralis
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
38.Serrasalmus manueli(i:0, k:0, b:0)
39.Serrasalmus marginatus(i:0, k:0, b:0)
40.
Serrasalmus rhombeusSerrasalmus rhombeus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
41.Serrasalmus scapularis(i:0, k:0, b:0)
42.Serrasalmus spilopleura(i:0, k:0, b:0)