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  10. ›Myloplus
Redgill Pacu
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Redgill Pacu

Myloplus asterias

Myloplus asterias is a medium to large omnivorous fish of the family Serrasalmidae from South America, where found in the Amazon River basin, as well as the north and the eastern Guiana Shield rivers. It and can grow to a length of 25 cm (9.8 in).

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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 624056.