Palometa
# 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
