Biology:Erythrinus erythrinus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Erythrinidae |
| Genus: | Erythrinus |
| Species: | E. erythrinus
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| Erythrinus erythrinus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
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Erythrinus erythrinus, the red wolf fish, is a relatively small species of trahira (family Erythrinidae) from freshwater habitats in South America.[3]
Range and habitat
E. erythrinus is a South American freshwater fish that is native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins, as well as rivers in the Guianas.[3] The species is also reported as native to the Paraná—Paraguay basin, including the Pantanal,[4][5] but the population in the lower Paraná basin and Iguazu basin may be an undescribed species.[6] E. erythrinus has been introduced to the upper Paraná basin where not native.[7] It mainly lives in creeks and marshes where the water has a pH of 5.6–7.8.[3]
Appearance and behavior
E. erythrinus can reach a maximum standard length of 20 cm (7.9 in), although other reports suggest it can reach about 25 cm (10 in).[3]
It feeds primarily on small fish, insects, and benthic crustaceans.[8] Juveniles are aggressive mimics of female aplocheilid killifish, notably Laimosemion agilae, and they use this to catch male killifish that seek a mate.[9]
E. erythrinus is not of major interest to fisheries, but is sometimes used as a bait fish[6] and seen in the aquarium fish trade.[3]
Taxonomy
It was described by Marcus Elieser Bloch and Johann Gottlob Schneider in 1801,[10] originally under the lizardfish genus Synodus. The species was first placed in Erythrinus in 1854 by Gray (under the name Erythrinus salmoneus, a junior synonym of Erythrinus erythrinus), and this treatment has been recognized by recent authorities such as Osvaldo Takeshi Oyakawa in 2003.[11]
References
- ↑ Salvador, G.N. (2023). "Erythrinus erythrinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49830594A177036734.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/49830594/177036734. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ↑ "Synonyms of Erythrinus erythrinus". http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=23282&SynCode=53422&GenusName=Erythrinus&SpeciesName=erythrinus.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Erythrinus erythrinus" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ↑ Britski; de Silimon; Lopes (2007). Peixes do Pantanal: manual de identificação. Brasília, Embrapa Informação. ISBN 978-85-7383-388-1.
- ↑ Martins; Cioffi; Troy; Martinez; Moreira-Filho; Bertollo (2014). "Differentiation and evolutionary relationships in Erythrinus erythrinus (Characiformes, Erythrinidae): occurrence and distribution of B chromosomes". Genetics and Molecular Research 13 (3): 7094—7101.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Casciotta; Almirón; Ciotek; Giorgis; Říčan; Piálek; Dragová; Croci et al. (2016). "Visibilizando lo invisible. Un relevamiento de la diversidad de peces del Parque Nacional Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina". Historia Natural, Tercera Serie 6 (2): 5—77.
- ↑ Garcia; Hernandes; Silva-Souza; Orsi (2015). "Establishment of non-native predator (Pisces, Erythrinidae) in a tributary of the Upper Paraná River basin, South Brazil". Neotropical Biology and Conservation 10 (3): 177-181.
- ↑ "Recorded food items for Erythrinus erythrinus". http://www.fishbase.org/TrophicEco/FoodItemsList.php?vstockcode=18500&genus=Erythrinus&species=erythrinus.
- ↑ Brosset, A. (1997). "Aggressive Mimicry by the Characid Fish Erythrinus erythrinus". Ethology 103 (11): 926–934.
- ↑ Bloch, M. E.; J. G. Schneider (1801). "Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini". Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.
- ↑ Oyakawa, O. T. (2003). "Erythrinidae (Trahiras)". in R. E. Reis. Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre, Brasil: EDIPUCRS. pp. 238-240.
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