Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Tometes trilobatus Valenciennes, 1850 (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Mylesinus sp. Not applicable (ambiguous synonym)

Myletes trilobatus (Valenciennes, 1850) (synonym)

Myleus pacu (non Jardine & Schomburgk, 1841) (misapplied name)

Myleus setiger (non Müller & Troschel, 1844) (misapplied name)

Myleus unilobatus (Valenciennes, 1850) (synonym)

Myloplus discoideus (non Kner, 1960) (misapplied name)

Tometes unilobatus Valenciennes, 1850 (synonym)

Common names:

Baka kumalu Creole, French

Kumaru Creole, French, Palicur

Pacu English, German, Portuguese, Spanish

Pakou Creole, French, Djuka, Tuamotuan

Classification:

Animalia

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Phylum Chordata

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Class Actinopterygii

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Order Characiformes

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Family Characidae

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Genus Tometes

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Distribution:

South America: northeastern Guiana Shield rivers.; Neotropical; French Guiana; Brazil; Araguaia; America, South - Inland waters

Additional data:

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Data last modified by FishBase 25-Jun-2001

Online resource:

http://www.fishbase.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:3fc596f9-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009


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