Metynnis

Metynnis
Male Metynnis lippincottianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Serrasalmidae
Genus:	Metynnis Cope, 1878
Type species
Metynnis luna Cope, 1878

Metynnis is a genus of serrasalmids from tropical and subtropical South America. It contains many of the species known as silver dollars in the aquarium trade.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:^[1]

• Metynnis altidorsalis C. G. E. Ahl, 1923
• Metynnis argenteus C. G. E. Ahl, 1923 (silver dollar)
• Metynnis cuiaba Pavanelli, Ota & Petry, 2009
• Metynnis fasciatus C. G. E. Ahl, 1931
• Metynnis guaporensis C. H. Eigenmann, 1915
• Metynnis hypsauchen (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844) (silver dollar)
• Metynnis lippincottianus (Cope, 1870) (spotted silver dollar)
• Metynnis longipinnis Zarske & Géry, 2008 (silver dollar)
• Metynnis luna Cope, 1878
• Metynnis maculatus (Kner, 1858) (spotted metynnis)
• Metynnis mola C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903
• Metynnis orinocensis (Steindachner, 1908)
• Metynnis otuquensis C. G. E. Ahl, 1923
• Metynnis polystictus Zarske & Géry, 2008 (silver dollar)

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