Paramyloplus

Paramyloplus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Serrasalmidae
Subfamily:	Myleinae
Genus:	Paramyloplus; Norman, 1929
Type species
	Paramyloplus ternetzi; Norman, 1929

Paramyloplus is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Serrasalmidae found in northern South America. After its description, this genus was later synonymized with Myloplus, but was revived in 2021 as a distinct genus.²³

Species

The following species are placed in this genus:²

Paramyloplus taphorni (Andrade, López-Fernández & Liverpool, 2019)⁴
Paramyloplus ternetzi Norman, 1929

References

Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Myleinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Paramyloplus". 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.
Andrade, Marcelo C.; López-Fernández, Hernán; Liverpool, Elford A. (2019-11-25). "New Myloplus from Essequibo River basin, Guyana, with discussion on the taxonomic status of Myleus pacu (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae)". Neotropical Ichthyology. 17 e190026. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20190026. ISSN 1679-6225.

[Cof_family-1] Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Myleinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 July 2025.

[CofFF-2] Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Paramyloplus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 May 2025.

[3] 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.

[4] Andrade, Marcelo C.; López-Fernández, Hernán; Liverpool, Elford A. (2019-11-25). "New Myloplus from Essequibo River basin, Guyana, with discussion on the taxonomic status of Myleus pacu (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae)". Neotropical Ichthyology. 17 e190026. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20190026. ISSN 1679-6225.

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