Myloplus

Myloplus is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Serrasalmidae found in tropical and subtropical South America, where they inhabit rivers and streams (both slow and fast-flowing). They are primarily herbivores, but also take some animal matter. Depending on the exact species, they reach up to 16-56 cm in standard length. Adult males have a double-lobed anal fin and filamentous extensions on the dorsal fin, and both sexes (but especially males) can be brightly colored when breeding.

Species
There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus. Many of these were formerly included in Myleus.


 * Myloplus arnoldi C. G. E. Ahl, 1936
 * Myloplus asterias (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844)
 * Myloplus aylan Pereira, Ota, Machado, Collins, Ândrade, Garcia-Ayala, Jégu, Farias & Hrbek, 2024
 * Myloplus levis (C. H. Eigenmann & McAtee, 1907)
 * Myloplus lobatus (Valenciennes, 1850)
 * Myloplus lucienae M. C. Andrade, Ota, Bastos & Jégu, 2016
 * Myloplus nigrolineatus R. P. Ota, V. N. Machado, M. C. Andrade, R. A. Collins, I. P. Farias & Hrbek, 2020 (Blackline myleus)
 * Myloplus planquettei Jégu, Keith & Le Bail, 2003
 * Myloplus rhomboidalis (G. Cuvier, 1818)
 * Myloplus rubripinnis (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844) (Redhook myleus)
 * Myloplus sauron Pereira, Ota, Machado, Collins, Ândrade, Garcia-Ayala, Jégu, Farias & Hrbek, 2024
 * Myloplus schomburgkii (Jardine, 1841) (Disk tetra)
 * Myloplus ternetzi (Norman, 1929)
 * Myloplus tiete (C. H. Eigenmann & A. A. Norris, 1900)
 * Myloplus torquatus (Kner, 1858)
 * Myloplus tumukumak M. C. Andrade, Jégu & Gama, 2018
 * Myloplus zorroi M. C. Andrade, Jégu & Giarrizzo, 2016