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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
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| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| taxon = Mylesinus
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| authority = [[Achille Valenciennes|Valenciennes]], 1850
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]
| ordo = [[Characiformes]]
| familia = [[Serrasalmidae]]
| genus = '''''Mylesinus'''''
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| genus_authority = [[Achille Valenciennes|Valenciennes]], 1850
| type_species = ''Mylesinus schomburgkii''
| type_species = ''Mylesinus schomburgkii''
| type_species_authority = Valenciennes, 1850
| type_species_authority = Valenciennes, 1850
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'''''Mylesinus''''' is a genus of [[serrasalmid]]s from [[South America]], where found in the eastern [[Amazon Basin|Amazon]], [[Essequibo River|Essequibo]] and [[Orinoco]] basins. They are [[rheophilic]], typically found at [[rapids]] and mainly feed on [[Podostemaceae]] plants.<ref>{{cite book |author=J.E.P. Cyrino (editor)|title=Feeding and Digestive Functions in Fishes|page=28|year=2008|isbn=978-1-4398-4269-0}}</ref><ref name=Vitorino>{{cite journal |authors=O.B. Vitorino Júnior; C.S. Agostinho; and F.M. Pelicice|title=Ecology of Mylesinus paucisquamatus Jégu & Santos, 1988, an endangered fish species from the rio Tocantins basin|journal=Neotrop. ichthyol.|volume=14|issue=2|year=2016}}</ref> Because of their habitat preference, they are threatened by the building of dams.<ref name=Vitorino/> They reach up to {{convert|35|cm|ft|abbr=on}} in [[standard length]],<ref name=fishbase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Mylesinus| month = April | year = 2013}}</ref> and the adult males have a double-lobed [[anal fin]] and several filamentous extensions on the [[dorsal fin]].<ref name=Sleen2017>{{cite books | editors=van der Sleen, P.; and J.S. Albert | year=2017 | title=Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas | publisher=Princeton University Press | page=184 | isbn=978-0691170749 }}</ref>
'''''Mylesinus''''' is a genus of [[serrasalmid]]s from [[South America]], where found in the eastern [[Amazon Basin|Amazon]], [[Essequibo River|Essequibo]] and [[Orinoco]] basins. They are [[rheophilic]], typically found at [[rapids]] and mainly feed on [[Podostemaceae]] plants.<ref>{{cite book |editor=J.E.P. Cyrino |title=Feeding and Digestive Functions in Fishes|page=28|year=2008|isbn=978-1-4398-4269-0}}</ref><ref name=Vitorino>{{cite journal |author1=O.B. Vitorino Júnior |author2=C.S. Agostinho |author3=F.M. Pelicice|title=Ecology of Mylesinus paucisquamatus Jégu & Santos, 1988, an endangered fish species from the rio Tocantins basin|journal=Neotrop. Ichthyol.|volume=14|issue=2|year=2016|doi=10.1590/1982-0224-20150124|doi-access=free|s2cid=56155368 |url=http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3d7e/8e7e93ddc3de12d120b7860d832c819f4c94.pdf}}</ref> Because of their habitat preference, they are threatened by the building of dams.<ref name=Vitorino/> They reach up to {{convert|35|cm|ft|abbr=on}} in [[standard length]],<ref name=fishbase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Mylesinus| month = April | year = 2013}}</ref> and the adult males have a double-lobed [[anal fin]] and several filamentous extensions on the [[dorsal fin]].<ref name=Sleen2017>{{cite book |editor1=van der Sleen, P. |editor2=J.S. Albert | year=2017 | title=Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas | publisher=Princeton University Press | page=184 | isbn=978-0691170749 }}</ref>


==Species==
==Species==
There are three recognized species:<ref name=fishbase/>
There are three recognized species:<ref name=fishbase/>


* ''[[Mylesinus paraschomburgkii]]'' <small>[[Michel Jégu|Jégu]], [[Geraldo Mendes dos Santos|dos Santos]] & [[Efrem Jorge Gondim Ferreira|E. J. G. Ferreira]], 1989</small>
* ''[[Mylesinus paraschomburgkii]]'' <small>[[Michel Louis Arthur Marie Ange François Jégu|Jégu]], [[Geraldo Mendes dos Santos|dos Santos]] & [[Efrem Jorge Gondim Ferreira|E. J. G. Ferreira]], 1989</small>
* ''[[Mylesinus paucisquamatus]]'' <small>Jégu & dos Santos, 1988</small>
* ''[[Mylesinus paucisquamatus]]'' <small>[[Michel Louis Arthur Marie Ange François Jégu|Jégu]] & [[Geraldo Mendes dos Santos|dos Santos]], 1988</small>
* ''[[Mylesinus schomburgkii]]'' <small>[[Achille Valenciennes|Valenciennes]], 1850</small>
* ''[[Mylesinus schomburgkii]]'' <small>[[Achille Valenciennes|Valenciennes]], 1850</small>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Serrasalmidae]]
[[Category:Serrasalmidae]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes]]
[[Category:Fish of South America]]
[[Category:Fish of South America]]


Latest revision as of 18:41, 31 December 2023

Mylesinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Serrasalmidae
Genus: Mylesinus
Valenciennes, 1850
Type species
Mylesinus schomburgkii
Valenciennes, 1850

Mylesinus is a genus of serrasalmids from South America, where found in the eastern Amazon, Essequibo and Orinoco basins. They are rheophilic, typically found at rapids and mainly feed on Podostemaceae plants.[1][2] Because of their habitat preference, they are threatened by the building of dams.[2] They reach up to 35 cm (1.15 ft) in standard length,[3] and the adult males have a double-lobed anal fin and several filamentous extensions on the dorsal fin.[4]

Species[edit]

There are three recognized species:[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ J.E.P. Cyrino, ed. (2008). Feeding and Digestive Functions in Fishes. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-4398-4269-0.
  2. ^ a b O.B. Vitorino Júnior; C.S. Agostinho; F.M. Pelicice (2016). "Ecology of Mylesinus paucisquamatus Jégu & Santos, 1988, an endangered fish species from the rio Tocantins basin" (PDF). Neotrop. Ichthyol. 14 (2). doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20150124. S2CID 56155368.
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Mylesinus in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  4. ^ van der Sleen, P.; J.S. Albert, eds. (2017). Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas. Princeton University Press. p. 184. ISBN 978-0691170749.


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