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Metynnis hypsauchen

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Species of fish

Metynnis hypsauchen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Serrasalmidae
Genus: Metynnis
Species: M. hypsauchen
Binomial name
Metynnis hypsauchen
(J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844)

Metynnis hypsauchen is a species of serrasalmid found in Amazon and Paraguay river basins, as well as rivers of the Guiana Shield. It is one of the fish known as the "silver dollar" in the aquarium trade. It has frequently been confused with the very similar M. argenteus. It reaches a length of 15 cm (5.9 in).

Tocantins, Brazil, scale bar = 1 cm

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Metynnis hypsauchen". FishBase. October 2011 version.
  2. SeriouslyFish: Metynnis hypsauchen. Retrieved 4 June 2014
Taxon identifiers
Metynnis hypsauchen
Myletes hypsauchen


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