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Prosomyleus
Prosomyleus rhomboidalis is a medium to large omnivorous fish of the family Serrasalmidae from South America, where it is found in the Amazon River basin, as well as the north and the eastern Guiana Shield rivers. It is the only species in the genus Prosomyleus. It can grow to a length of 40.7 cm (16.0 in). It was formerly placed in the genus Myleus, of which it was thought to be the only member of its own subgenus,...
1 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 1 known species
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1312924.