Hoplias lacerdae

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Hoplias lacerdae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Erythrinidae
Genus: Hoplias
Species: H. lacerdae
Binomial name
Hoplias lacerdae
A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1908

Hoplias lacerdae is a predatory freshwater characin fish from South America.

Distribution

South America: Rio Ribeira de Iguape basin in São Paulo and Paraná states of Brazil.[1]

Biology

Hoplias lacerdae is an ambush predator of other fish.

Description

They can grow up to 75 cm in length and the maximum published weight is 4.3 kg.[2]

Taxonomy

Molecular studies show that this species is not closely related to Hoplias malabaricus.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://fishbase.org/summary/Hoplias-lacerdae.html
  2. ↑ http://fishbase.org/summary/Hoplias-lacerdae.html
  3. ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/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,Vol 7, pp 117–140


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