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Myloplus planquettei Jégu, Keith & Le Bail 2003

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Diagnostic Description

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Presence of a black distal margin well defined on the caudal fin. Dorsal with 20 to 23 branched rays. Anal with 32 to 34 rays. 23 to 29 prepelvic serrae, 5 to 6 supraneurals in front of the dorsal and 39 to 41 + CP1 vertebrae of which 15 to 16 + CP1 behind the last pterygiophore of the dorsal. Elongated body shape (55 to 70% of LS) and the eye diameter is reduced (6.3 to 12.9% of LS). The dorsal base is short (28.8 to 33% of LS). The adipose fin is rectangular and its base is long (4.3 to 6.2% of LS).
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Morphology

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 20 - 23; Analsoft rays: 32 - 34; Vertebrae: 40 - 41
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fisheries: subsistence fisheries
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Myloplus planquettei

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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]

Etymology

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

  1. ^ "Myloplus planquettei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Myloplus planquettei" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. ^ 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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Myloplus planquettei: Brief Summary

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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).

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