Hoplias lacerdae
| Hoplias lacerdae | |
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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. lacerdae
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| Binomial name | |
| Hoplias lacerdae A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1908
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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
[edit]South America: Rio Ribeira de Iguape basin in São Paulo and Paraná states of Brazil.[3]
Biology
[edit]Hoplias lacerdae is an ambush predator of other fish.
Description
[edit]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
[edit]Molecular studies show that this species is not closely related to Hoplias malabaricus.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hoplias lacerdae". FishBase.
- ^ "Tararira (Hoplias lacerdae)". International Game Fish Association. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ^ 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.
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