Biology:Hoplias patana

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Hoplias patana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Erythrinidae
Genus: Hoplias
Species:
H. patana
Binomial name
Hoplias patana
(Valenciennes, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Macrodon patana Valenciennes, 1847[1]

Hoplias patana is a species of trahiras.[2] It is a freshwater fish which is known from Cayenne, French Guiana.[3] The maximum length recorded for this species is 39.4 centimetres.[3]

It was originally described by Achille Valenciennes in 1847, under the genus Macrodon.[4] It was listed as a valid species of Hoplias by Osvaldo Takeshi Oyakawa in 2003.[5]

References

  1. Synonyms of Macrodon at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Hoplias patana at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Page 240, Check list of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America, by Roberto E. Reis, Sven O. Kullander, and Carl J. Ferraris. EDIPUCRS, 2003. ISBN:8574303615/ISBN:9788574303611
  4. 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].
  5. 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.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6408937 entry