Metynnis
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Metynnis is a genus of characins from South America
containing the aquarium
species known as the "Silver dollar". There are currently 14 described species in this genus.
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
containing the aquarium
Aquarium
An aquarium is a vivarium consisting of at least one transparent side in which water-dwelling plants or animals are kept. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, marine mammals, turtles, and aquatic plants...
species known as the "Silver dollar". There are currently 14 described species in this genus.
Species
- Metynnis altidorsalis C. G. E. AhlErnst AhlChristoph Gustav Ernst Ahl was a German zoologist.He was the director of the department of ichthyology and herpetology in the Museum für Naturkunde....
, 1923 - Metynnis argenteusMetynnis argenteusSilver dollar is a common name given to a number of species of fishes, mostly in the genus Metynnis, tropical fish belonging to the Characidae family which are closely related to piranha and pacu...
C. G. E. AhlErnst AhlChristoph Gustav Ernst Ahl was a German zoologist.He was the director of the department of ichthyology and herpetology in the Museum für Naturkunde....
, 1923 - Metynnis cuiaba Pavanelli, Ota & Petry, 2009
- Metynnis fasciatus C. G. E. AhlErnst AhlChristoph Gustav Ernst Ahl was a German zoologist.He was the director of the department of ichthyology and herpetology in the Museum für Naturkunde....
, 1931 - Metynnis guaporensis C. H. EigenmannCarl H. EigenmannCarl H. Eigenmann was an ichthyologist who, along with his wife Rosa Smith Eigenmann, described many of the fishes of North America and South America for the first time....
, 1915 - Metynnis hypsauchenMetynnis hypsauchenMetynnis hypsauchen is a species of characin found in Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana and Peru. It is one of the fish knowns as the "silver dollar" in the aquarium trade....
(J. P. MüllerJohannes Peter MüllerJohannes Peter Müller , was a German physiologist, comparative anatomist, and ichthyologist not only known for his discoveries but also for his ability to synthesize knowledge.-Early years and education:...
& TroschelFranz Hermann TroschelFranz Hermann Troschel was a German zoologist who was born in Spandau. He studied mathematics and natural history at the University of Berlin, and beginning in 1840 was an assistant to Martin Lichtenstein at the Humboldt Museum of Natural History in Berlin...
, 1844) (Silver dollar) - Metynnis lippincottianus (CopeEdward Drinker CopeEdward Drinker Cope was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist, as well as a noted herpetologist and ichthyologist. Born to a wealthy Quaker family, Cope distinguished himself as a child prodigy interested in science; he published his first scientific paper at the age of nineteen...
, 1870) - Metynnis longipinnis Zarske & Géry, 2008 (Silverdollar)
- Metynnis luna CopeEdward Drinker CopeEdward Drinker Cope was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist, as well as a noted herpetologist and ichthyologist. Born to a wealthy Quaker family, Cope distinguished himself as a child prodigy interested in science; he published his first scientific paper at the age of nineteen...
, 1878 - Metynnis maculatusMetynnis maculatusMetynnis maculatus, the Spotted metynnis, is a species of characin 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"....
(Kner, 1858) (Spotted metynnis) - Metynnis mola C. H. EigenmannCarl H. EigenmannCarl H. Eigenmann was an ichthyologist who, along with his wife Rosa Smith Eigenmann, described many of the fishes of North America and South America for the first time....
& C. H. Kennedy, 1903 - Metynnis orinocensis (SteindachnerFranz SteindachnerFranz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...
, 1908) - Metynnis otuquensis C. G. E. AhlErnst AhlChristoph Gustav Ernst Ahl was a German zoologist.He was the director of the department of ichthyology and herpetology in the Museum für Naturkunde....
, 1923 - Metynnis polystictus Zarske & Géry, 2008 (Silverdollar)