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Mylossoma aureum
Mylossoma aureum is a species of serrasalmid native to the Amazon and Orinoco Basins in South America. This species grows to a total length of 20 cm (7.9 in). This species is of some importance to local commercial fisheries, but less so than the closely related M. albiscopum of the same region. It is a fast breeder and rapidly reaches adulthood. It breeds in whiterwater rivers and associated wetlands. It is omnivorous, but mostly feed on plant material.
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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 620747.