Hoplias brasiliensis
| Hoplias brasiliensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Erythrinidae |
| Genus: | Hoplias |
| Species: | H. brasiliensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hoplias brasiliensis | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Erythrinus brasiliensis Spix & Agassiz, 1829 | |
Hoplias brasiliensis is a species of trahiras.[2] It is a benthopelagic, tropical freshwater fish which is known from coastal rivers in northeastern Brazil, including the Paraguaçu River in Bahia,[2] the Pardo River, the Jequitinhonha River in Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo, and the Contas River.[3] Male H. brasiliensis can reach a maximum length of 20.3 centimetres.[2]
It was originally described as Erythrinus brasiliensis by J.B. Spix and L. Agassiz in 1829.[4] It was listed as a valid species of Hoplias by O.T. Oyakawa in 2003.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Synonyms of Hoplias brasiliensis at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b c Hoplias brasiliensis at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Oyakawa, O. T.; Mattox, G. M. T. (2009). "Revision of the Neotropical trahiras of the Hoplias lacerdae species-group (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Erythrinidae) with descriptions of two new species" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 7 (2): 117–140. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252009000200001.
- ^ Spix, J. B. von and L. Agassiz 1829-31 [ref. 13] Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annos MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I.... colleget et pingendso curavit Dr J. B. de Spix.... Monachii. Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-82, Pls. 1-48;, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101.
- ^ Oyakawa, O.T. 2003 Erythrinidae (Trahiras). p. 238-240. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
External links[edit]
- Hoplias brasiliensis at www.fishwise.co.za.
- Hoplias brasiliensis at ITIS
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