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Prosomyleus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Serrasalmidae |
| Subfamily: | Myleinae |
| Genus: | Prosomyleus Géry, 1972 |
| Species: | P. rhomboidalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Prosomyleus rhomboidalis (G. Cuvier, 1818)
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Prosomyleus is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Serrasalmidae, the pacus, piranhas and related species. The only species in this genus is Prosomyleus rhomboidalis, which is a medium to large omnivorous fish from South America, where it is found in the Amazon River basin, as well as the north and the eastern Guiana Shield rivers. It can grow to a length of 40.7 cm (16.0 in).[3]
It was formerly placed in the genus Myleus, of which it was thought to be the only member of its own subgenus, Prosomyleus. It was upgraded to being a distinct genus in 2021.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Brejão, G.L. (2023). "Prosomyleus rhomboidalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T164537198A164537243. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T164537198A164537243.en. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Prosomyleus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Myloplus rhomboidalis". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Prosomyleus". 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. PMID 32785670.
- Planquette, P., P. Keith and P.-Y. Le Bail, 1996. Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane. Tome 1. Collection du Patrimoine Naturel Volume 22, MNHN, Paris & INRA, Paris. 429 p.
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