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Metynnis is a of fish from tropical and South America. They are or , and inhabit a wide range of freshwater habitats, ranging from rivers and streams (both fast- and slow-flowing), to , , lakes, pools and reservoirs.

(2025). 9780691170749, Princeton University Press.
They generally reach in , although a few species may reach up to . The genus contains many of the species known as silver dollars in the trade.

Though part of the subfamily , members of this genus are not commonly called , due to their largely herbivorous diets.


Species
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:
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Metynnis altidorsalis C. G. E. Ahl, 1923
Metynnis argenteus (silver dollar) C. G. E. Ahl, 1923
Pavanelli, Ota & , 2009
Metynnis fasciatus C. G. E. Ahl, 1931
Metynnis guaporensis C. H. Eigenmann, 1915
Metynnis hypsauchen (silver dollar) (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844)
Metynnis lippincottianus (spotted silver dollar) (Cope, 1870)
Metynnis longipinnis (silver dollar) & Géry, 2008
Cope, 1878
Metynnis maculatus (spotted metynnis) (, 1858)
Metynnis melanogrammus Ota, Rapp Py-Daniel & Jégu, 2016Ota, R.P., Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H. & Jégu, M. (2016): A new Silver Dollar species of Metynnis Cope, 1878 (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) from Northwestern Brazil and Southern Venezuela. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (4): e160023.
C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903
Metynnis orinocensis (Steindachner, 1908)
Metynnis otuquensis C. G. E. Ahl, 1923
Metynnis polystictus (silver dollar) & Géry, 2008

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