Myleus
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Myleus (from Greek mylax, mylakos = millstone) is a genus of large, disc-shaped tetra from South America . They occur in tropical South America, east of the Andes from the Guyanas over the Amazon to the Río de la Plata . The freshwater fish feed mainly on plants, some species also on fruits.
features
Myleus - species are 15 to 60 centimeters long. Your body is high back and heavily compressed on the sides. Your scales are small. They differ from the genus Metynnis by their longer dorsal fin, supported by 21 to 31 fin rays, and the short adipose fin . The first ray of the dorsal fin is spiky, the distance between the dorsal fin and adipose fin is always greater than the length of the adipose fin. In addition, the Myleus species have a distinct gender dimorphism , which has led to males and females being described as different species. The males have a double-lobed anal fin , the females have a sickle-shaped finish, and at spawning time they have dark red spots on the sides of their bodies.
species
- Myleus altipinnis (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1850)
- Myleus arnoldi (Ahl, 1936)
- Myleus asterias (Müller & Troschel, 1844)
- Myleus knerii (Steindachner, 1881)
- Myleus latus (Jardine & Schomburgk, 1841)
- Myleus levis Eigenmann & McAtee in Eigenmann, McAtee & Ward, 1907
- Myleus lobatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1850)
- Myleus micans (Lütken, 1875)
- Myleus pacu (Jardine & Schomburgk in Schomburgk, 1841)
- Myleus pachyodus Andrade et al., 2018
- Myleus rhomboidalis (Cuvier, 1818)
- Myleus schomburgkii (Jardine in Schomburgk, 1841)
- Myleus setiger Müller & Troschel, 1844
- Myleus ternetzi (Norman, 1929)
- Myleus tiete (Eigenmann & Norris, 1900)
- Myleus torquatus (Kner, 1858)
literature
- Günther Sterba : The world's freshwater fish. 2nd Edition. Urania, Leipzig / Jena / Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-332-00109-4 .
- Axel Zarske: Myleus. In: Claus Schaefer, Torsten Schröer (Hrsg.): The large lexicon of aquaristics. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-7497-9 , p. 664 f.
Web links
- Myleus on Fishbase.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jörg Wurmisch: Tetra from the Amazon region . Archived from the original on May 20, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
