Hoplias australis
Hoplias australis is a predatory freshwater characin fish of the southern Neotropics.
| Hoplias australis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Erythrinidae |
| Genus: | Hoplias |
| Species: | H. australis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hoplias australis Oyakawa & Mattox, 2009[1] | |
Distribution
Southern South America, throughout the Rio Uruguay basin, including its tributary Rio Negro, Uruguay where it is endemic.[2]
Taxonomy
Osvaldo Oyakawa and George Mattox described Hoplias austalis at the same time as Hoplias curupira.[3]
References
- 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). doi:10.1590/S1679-62252009000200001.
- http://www.fishbase.us/summary/Hoplias-australis.html
- "Wolf-fish group revised". Practical Fishkeeping. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
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