Silver Dollar fish
Mylossoma duriventre
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The silver mylossoma comes from South America. It depends on floodplains: adults eat fruits and seeds of the flooded forest. It is important in commercial and sport fisheries. It reaches about 25 centimetres.
- Scientific name
- Mylossoma duriventre
- Family
- Serrasalmidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Serrasalmidae
- Order
- Characiformes
- Synonyms
- Myletes duriventris, Myletes orbignyanus, Mylosoma ocellatum, Mylosomma paraguayensis, Mylossoma argenteum, Mylossoma duriventri, Mylossoma duriventris, Mylossoma duriventris orbignyanum, Mylossoma ocellatum, Mylossoma orbignyanum, Mylossoma paraguayense, Mylossoma paraguayensis, Salmo 30-radiatus, Salmo trigintaradiatus
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 22–28 °C
- pH
- 5–7.8
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 25 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Omnivore
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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