title: Palometa
text: # Palometa
  
  Palometa is a name used for several species of fish:
  
  ## Freshwater
  
  * Catoprion mento, the wimple piranha from several South American river basins
  * Metynnis, a genus of serrasalmid from several South American river basins
  * Myloplus rubripinnis, the redhook myleus from several South American river basins
  * Mylossoma, a genus of serrasalmid from several South American river basins
  * Pristobrycon striolatus, a piranha from the Amazon and Orinoco Basins
  * Pygocentrus cariba, the black spot piranha from the Orinoco and Llanos
  * Pygocentrus nattereri, the red-bellied piranha from several South American river basins
  * Pygocentrus palometa, a piranha from the Orinoco Basin
  * Pygopristis denticulata, a piranha from several South American river basins
  * Serrasalmus, a genus of piranha from several South American river basins
  
  ## Marine
  
  * Beryx, a genus of alfonsinos
  * Brama, a genus of pomfrets
  * Maracaibo leatherjacket, Oligoplites palometa, a species in the genus Oligoplites
  * Taractichthys, a genus of pomfrets
  * Trachinotus goodei, a Caribbean and West Atlantic gamefish
  