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Metynnis argenteus Ahl, 1923

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Ahl, E. (1923). Eine Revision de Characiniden-Gattung Metynnis. <em>Ichthyologische Mitteilungen, I. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin.</em> 11 (1): 15-31.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Characiformes
family
Serrasalmidae
genus
Metynnis
species
Metynnis argenteus

Name

Synonyms
Metynnis eigenmanni Ahl, 1923
Homonyms
Metynnis argenteus Ahl, 1923
Common names
Pacu in Portuguese
Pacu, Pacu-marreca in Portuguese
Pacu-marreca in Portuguese
Silver Dollar Tetra in English
metynis stříbřitý in Czech
płaskobok tępogłowy in Polish
silver dollar in English
silver dollar in language.
silver dollar in English
Метиннис серебристый in Russian
Серебристая рыба-доллар in Russian
Серебристый метиннис in Russian
ปลาดอลลาร์เงิน in Thai

Bibliographic References

  1. Ahl, E. (1923). Eine Revision de Characiniden-Gattung Metynnis. <em>Ichthyologische Mitteilungen, I. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin.</em> 11 (1): 15-31.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  4. Galvis, G., R. Sánchez, L. Mesa, Y. López, M.A. Gutiérrez, A.Gutiérrez, M.C. Leyva, C. Castellanos. 2007. Peces de la Amazonia colombiana con énfasis en especies de interés ornamental. Eds. A. I. Sanabria-Ochoa, P. Victoria-Daza, I. C. Beltran. Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, INCODER, Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Departamento de Biología - Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Instituto Sinchi. Bogota, Colombia. 489 pp.
  5. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  6. Riehl, R., and H. A. Baensch, 1989: null. Aquarium Atlas. 992.
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