Metynnis maculatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Serrasalmidae |
| Genus: | Metynnis |
| Species: | M. maculatus
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| Metynnis maculatus (Kner, 1858)
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Metynnis maculatus, the spotted metynnis, is a species of serrasalmid fish found in Argentina and Brazil, and possibly in Bolivia, Paraguay, and Peru. It is one of the species of fish known in the aquarium trade as the "silver dollar".
References[edit]
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Metynnis maculatus" in FishBase. October 2011 version.
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