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Disk Pacu
Myloplus schomburgkii
Myloplus schomburgkii, also known as the disk tetra, disk pacu, black-ear pacu, black-band myleus or black-barred myleus, is a species of serrasalmid with a black bar on its side. This species is found in the middle and lower Amazon River basin, Nanay River, upper Orinoco River basin in Brazil, Peru, Venezuela and possibly in Suriname.
From the article Myloplus schomburgkii on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
The fish is named in honor of explorer Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804–1865), who provided notes and illustration to the describer, upon which the description is based, as no type specimen is known.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Myloplus schomburgkii in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 624061.