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Hoplias lacerdae

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Hoplias lacerdae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Erythrinidae
Genus: Hoplias
Species:
H. lacerdae
Binomial name
Hoplias lacerdae

Hoplias lacerdae is a predatory freshwater characin fish from South America. They are commonly known are trairão in Brazilian Portuguese.

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

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South America: Rio Ribeira de Iguape basin in São Paulo and Paraná states of Brazil.[3]

Biology

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Hoplias lacerdae is an ambush predator of other fish.

Description

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They 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

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Molecular studies show that this species is not closely related to Hoplias malabaricus.[5]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hoplias lacerdae". FishBase.
  4. ^ "Tararira (Hoplias lacerdae)". International Game Fish Association. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  5. ^ 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.