Myloplus planquettei is a medium to large omnivorous fish of the family Serrasalmidae from South America, where found in the Mana, the Maroni and the Essequibo Basins on the Guiana Shield. It and can grow to a length of 58 cm (23 in).[2][3]
| Myloplus planquettei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Serrasalmidae |
| Genus: | Myloplus |
| Species: | M. planquettei
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| Binomial name | |
| Myloplus planquettei | |
Etymology edit
The fish is named in honor of Paul Planquette (1940-1996), of the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique in Kourou, French Guiana thanks to his work studying the fishes of French Guiana.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Myloplus planquettei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
- ^ Jégu, M., P. Keith and P.-Y. Le Bail, 2003. Myloplus planquettei sp. n. (Teleostei, Characidae), une nouvelle espèce de grand Serrasalminae phytophage du bouclier guyanais. Rev. Suisse Zool. 110 (4):833-853.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Myloplus planquettei" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
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