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Redgill Pacu

Myloplus asterias

Classification

Myloplus asterias, the redgill pacu, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Serrasalmidae, which includes the pacus and piranhas. This fish is found in northern South America. Taxonomy Myloplus asterias was first formally described as Myletes asterias in 1844 by the German zoologists Johannes Peter Müller and Franz Hermann Troschel, with its type locality given as the Essequibo River in Guyana.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 85