Hoplias brasiliensis is a species of trahiras.[3] It is a benthopelagic, tropical freshwater fish which is known from coastal rivers in northeastern Brazil, including the Paraguaçu River in Bahia,[3] the Pardo River, the Jequitinhonha River in Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo, and the Contas River.[4] Male H. brasiliensis can reach a maximum length of 20.3 centimetres (8.0 in).[3]
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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 | |
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Erythrinus brasiliensis Spix & Agassiz, 1829 | |
It was originally described as Erythrinus brasiliensis by J.B. Spix and L. Agassiz in 1829.[5] It was listed as a valid species of Hoplias by O.T. Oyakawa in 2003.[6]
References
edit- ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Hoplias brasiliensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in Portuguese). 2022: e.T187142A1823749. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T187142A1823749.pt. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "Synonyms of Hoplias brasiliensis". fishbase.org.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hoplias brasiliensis". FishBase.
- ^ 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.
- ^ von Spix, J. B.; L. Agassiz (1829–31). 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)". In R.E. Reis; S.O. Kullander; C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.). Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre, Brasil: EDIPUCRS. pp. 238–240.
External links
edit- Hoplias brasiliensis at www.fishwise.co.za.
- "Hoplias brasiliensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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