Global InformationMylossoma duriventris information
| Mylossoma duriventre | |
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| Painting by Castelnau, 1856 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Serrasalmidae |
| Genus: | Mylossoma |
| Species: | M. duriventre
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| Mylossoma duriventre G. Cuvier, 1818
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Mylossoma duriventre, the silver mylossoma, is a species of freshwater serrasalmid fish endemic to tropical and subtropical South America. It grows to a maximum length of about 25 cm (10 in) and a weight of 1 kg (2.2 lb).[1] It is the subject of a local fishery, being known as 'pacu' in Brazil and 'palometa' in Venezuela (names it shares with several relatives).[2]
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Mylossoma duriventre" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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