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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
Common Names Pirhana, pacu, silver dollar
Size Smallest 140mm, largest 420mm, average 236mm, most commonly 140mm. All SL.
Species There are 4 "species" in 3 genera in the database
Keepers 4 species (100%) are being kept by registered keepers
Distribution South America

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1.Metynnis6 species(4 keepers)
2.Myloplus5 species(2 keepers)
3.Myleus2 species(1 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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(Alphabetic | Chronological | Most Bred)
1.
Metynnis argenteusMetynnis argenteus
(i:2, k:2, b:0)
2.
Metynnis hypsauchenMetynnis hypsauchen
(i:1, k:2, b:0)
3.
Myloplus schomburgkiiMyloplus schomburgkii
(i:2, k:2, b:0)
4.
Myleus sp. `LAMAX III`Myleus sp. `LAMAX III`
(i:1, k:1, b:0)