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Hoplias australis

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Species of fish

Hoplias australis
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Erythrinidae
Genus: Hoplias
Species: H. australis
Binomial name
Hoplias australis
Oyakawa & Mattox, 2009

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.

Taxonomy

Osvaldo Oyakawa and George Mattox described Hoplias australis at the same time as Hoplias curupira.

References

  1. Salvador, G.N. (2023). "Hoplias australis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T187092A1822999. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T187092A1822999.en. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  2. Oyakawa, O. T.; Mattox, G. M. T. (2009). "Revision of the Neotropical trahiras of the Hoplias lacerdae species-group (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Erythrinidae) with descriptions of two new species" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 7 (2): 117–140. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252009000200001. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-04-07. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hoplias australis". FishBase. November 2021 version.
  4. "Wolf-fish group revised". Practical Fishkeeping. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
Taxon identifiers
Hoplias australis


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