Myloplus Lucienae
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''Myloplus lucienae'' is a medium to large omnivorous fish of the family
Serrasalmidae The Serrasalmidae (serrasalmids) are a family of characiform fishes, recently elevated to family status. It includes more than 90 species. The name means "serrated salmon family", which refers to the serrated keel running along the belly of these ...
from Brazil. It and can grow to a length of .


Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Luciene Maria Kassar Borges, in recognition for her attempt in a 1986 Ph.D. dissertation to organize the knowledge of the herbivorous Serrasalmidae from the Rio Negro basin.


References

Serrasalmidae Freshwater fish of Brazil Taxa named by Marcelo Costa Andrade Taxa named by Rafaela Priscila Ota Taxa named by Douglas A. Bastos Taxa named by Michel Louis Arthur Marie Ange François Jégu Fish described in 2016 {{Characiformes-stub