Biology:Hoplias australis

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Short description: Species of fish

Hoplias australis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Erythrinidae
Genus: Hoplias
Species:
H. australis
Binomial name
Hoplias australis
Oyakawa & Mattox, 2009[1]

Hoplias australis is a predatory freshwater characin fish of the southern Neotropics.

Distribution

Southern South America, throughout the Rio Uruguay basin, including its tributary Rio Negro, Uruguay where it is endemic.[2]

Taxonomy

Osvaldo Oyakawa and George Mattox described Hoplias austalis at the same time as Hoplias curupira.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5900821 entry