{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Paramyloplus | authority = Norman, 1929 | type_species = ''Paramyloplus ternetzi'' | type_species_authority = Norman, 1929<ref name = "Cof family">{{Cof family|family=Myleinae|access-date=18 July 2025}}</ref> }}
'''''Paramyloplus''''' is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Serrasalmidae found in northern South America. After its description, this genus was later synonymized with ''Myloplus'', but was revived in 2021 as a distinct genus.'''''<ref name="CofFF">{{Cof genus|genus=Paramyloplus|access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref>'''''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kolmann |first=M A |last2=Hughes |first2=L C |last3=Hernandez |first3=L P |last4=Arcila |first4=D |last5=Betancur-R |first5=R |last6=Sabaj |first6=M H |last7=López-Fernández |first7=H |last8=Ortí |first8=G |date=2021-05-01 |title=Phylogenomics of Piranhas and Pacus (Serrasalmidae) Uncovers How Dietary Convergence and Parallelism Obfuscate Traditional Morphological Taxonomy |url=https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/70/3/576/5891674 |journal=Systematic Biology |volume=70 |issue=3 |pages=576–592 |doi=10.1093/sysbio/syaa065 |issn=1063-5157}}</ref>
==Species== The following species are placed in this genus:'''''<ref name="CofFF" />'''''
* ''Paramyloplus taphorni'' <small>(Andrade, López-Fernández & Liverpool, 2019)</small><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Andrade |first=Marcelo C. |last2=López-Fernández |first2=Hernán |last3=Liverpool |first3=Elford A. |date=2019-11-25 |title=New Myloplus from Essequibo River basin, Guyana, with discussion on the taxonomic status of Myleus pacu (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) |url=https://www.scielo.br/j/ni/a/ss6FfWTQN65mqBYBSxkNsKB/?lang=en |journal=Neotropical Ichthyology |language=en |volume=17 |article-number=e190026 |doi=10.1590/1982-0224-20190026 |issn=1679-6225|doi-access=free }}</ref> * ''Paramyloplus ternetzi'' <small>Norman, 1929</small>
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Category:Fish of South America Category:Myleinae Category:Paramyloplus Category:Taxa named by John Roxborough Norman Category:Characiformes genera