Serrasalmidae

Disk tetra

Myloplus schomburgkii

Broad black vertical bar mid side

• Tropical
• Lower river
• Upper river
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• South America
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Myloplus schomburgkii, also known as the disk tetra, disk pacu, black-ear pacu, black-band myleus or black-barred myleus, is a species of serrasalmid with a black bar on its side. This species is found in the middle and lower Amazon River basin, Nanay River, upper Orinoco River basin in Brazil, Peru, Venezuela and possibly in Suriname.