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Marcelo C. Andrade, Valéria N. Machado, Michel Jégu, Izeni P. Farias and
Tommaso Giarrizzo (2017). A New Species of Tometes Valenciennes 1850 (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) from Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin Based on Integrative Analysis of Molecular and Morphological Data. PLoS ONE 12(4):
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is between 28.3 and 91.1 cm (0.9–3.0 ft). They can weigh more than 5 kg (11 lb). The body color is generally gray or silvery, showing a brighter color at the bottom side. Their name was given due to their
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823:The Freshwater Fishes of Suriname
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880:Environmental Biology of Fishes
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724:Tometes ancylorhynchus
511:Tometes ancylorhynchus
370:that originate in the
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752:Tometes trilobatus
720:Tometes kranponhah
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388:T. camunani
321:Description
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476:rheophilic
408:Commewijne
392:T. lebaili
345:dorsal fin
332:incisiform
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800:"Tometes"
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481:(notably
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380:Tocantins
307:reophilic
291:Mylesinus
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241:taxonomic
62:Kingdom:
56:Eukaryota
949:Q6415779
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860:FishBase
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488:Myloplus
432:T. makue
428:Araguari
384:Araguaia
341:anal-fin
295:Ossubtus
281:share a
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249:synonymy
235:Taxonomy
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376:Xingu
315:pacus
209:with
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