Hoplias lacerdae is a predatory freshwater characin fish from South America. They are commonly known are trairão in Brazilian Portuguese.
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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. lacerdae
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| Binomial name | |
| Hoplias lacerdae A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1908
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The fish is named in honor of physician-anthropologist Jean Baptiste de Lacerda (1845-1915), the director of the National Museum of Rio Janeiro, because of his interest in the scientific explorations of the region.[2]
Distribution
editSouth America: Rio Ribeira de Iguape basin in São Paulo and Paraná states of Brazil.[3]
Biology
editHoplias lacerdae is an ambush predator of other fish.
Description
editThey can grow up to 97 cm (38 in) in length and the maximum published weight is 4.99 kg (11 lb 0 oz).[4]
Taxonomy
editMolecular studies show that this species is not closely related to Hoplias malabaricus.[5]
References
edit- ^ Salvador, G.N. (2023). "Hoplias lacerdae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T187111A1823284. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T187111A1823284.en. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (26 April 2024). "Family ERYTHRINIDAE Valenciennes 1847 (Trahiras)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hoplias lacerdae". FishBase.
- ^ "Tararira (Hoplias lacerdae)". International Game Fish Association. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ^ Morelli, S.; Vicari, M. R.; Bertollo, L. A. (Dec 2007). "Evolutionary cytogenetics of the Hoplias lacerdae, Miranda Ribeiro, 1908 group. A particular pathway concerning the other Erythrinidae fish". Braz J Biol. 67 (4 Suppl): 897–903. doi:10.1590/s1519-69842007000500013. PMID 18278357.
- Osvaldo T Oyakawa; George M T Mattox (2009). "Revision of the Neotropical trahiras of the Hoplias lacerdae species-group (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Erythrinidae) with descriptions of two new species". Neotropical Ichthyology. 7: 117–140.
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