Hoplias microlepis

Hoplias microlepis is a species of trahira found in Central and South America.[1]

Hoplias microlepis
Paralectotype at the Natural History Museum, London.
Illustration from Biologia Centrali-Americana.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Erythrinidae
Genus: Hoplias
Species:
H. microlepis
Binomial name
Hoplias microlepis
(Günther, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
  • Macrodon microlepis Günther, 1864
  • Macrodon trahira var. microlepis Steindachner, 1880

References

  1. Mattox, G.M.T.; Bifi, A.G.; Oyakawa, O.T. (2014). "Taxonomic study of Hoplias microlepis (Günther, 1864), a trans-Andean species of trahiras (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Erythrinidae)" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 12 (2): 343–352. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20130174.

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