Hoplias teres

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Hoplias teres
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Erythrinidae
Genus: Hoplias
Species:
H. teres
Binomial name
Hoplias teres
(Valenciennes, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Macrodon teresValenciennes, 1847

Hoplias teres is a species of trahiras. [1] It is a tropical, benthopelagic freshwater fish which is known to inhabit Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. [1] Males can reach a maximum length of 15.3 centimetres. [1]

Hoplias teres was originally described by Achille Valenciennes in 1847, under the genus Macrodon . [2] It was listed as a valid species of Hoplias by Osvaldo Takeshi Oyakawa in 2003. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Hoplias teres at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Cuvier, G. and A. Valenciennes 1847 (May) [ref. 4883] Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-neuvième. Suite du livre dix-neuvième. Brochets ou Lucioïdes. Livre vingtième. De quelques familles de Malacoptérygiens, intermédiaires entre les Brochets et les Clupes. Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 19: i-xix + 1-544 + 6 pp., Pls. 554-590 [not 520-556].
  3. Oyakawa, O.T. 2003 Erythrinidae (Trahiras). p. 238-240. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.