Hoplias teres is a species of trahiras.[1] It is a tropical, benthopelagic freshwater fish which is known to inhabit Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela.[1] Males can reach a maximum length of 15.3 centimetres.[1]
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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. teres
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| Hoplias teres (Valenciennes, 1847)
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Hoplias teres was originally described by Achille Valenciennes in 1847, under the genus Macrodon.[2] It was listed as a valid species of Hoplias by Osvaldo Takeshi Oyakawa in 2003.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Hoplias teres at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Cuvier, G. and A. Valenciennes 1847 (May) [ref. 4883] Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-neuvième. Suite du livre dix-neuvième. Brochets ou Lucioïdes. Livre vingtième. De quelques familles de Malacoptérygiens, intermédiaires entre les Brochets et les Clupes. Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 19: i-xix + 1-544 + 6 pp., Pls. 554-590 [not 520-556].
- ^ 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.
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