| Hoplias microcephalus | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Erythrinidae |
| Genus: | Hoplias |
| Species: | H. microcephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hoplias microcephalus (Agassiz, 1829) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hoplias microcephalus is a species of trahiras. It is a tropical, benthopelagic freshwater fish which is known to inhabit the São Francisco River in Brazil. Males can reach a maximum length of 35.6 cm (14.0 in).
H. microcephalus was originally described by Louis Agassiz in 1829, under the genus Erythrinus. It was listed as a valid species of Hoplias by O.T. Oyakawa in 2003.
References
- Perez, A. (2023). "Hoplias microcephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T186680A1816757. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T186680A1816757.en. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "Synonyms of Hoplias microcephalus". www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hoplias microcephalus". FishBase.
- von Spix, J. B.; L. Agassiz (1829–31). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annos MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I.... colleget et pingendso curavit Dr J. B. de Spix.... Monachii. Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-82, Pls. 1-48;, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101.
- Oyakawa, O.T. (2003). "Erythrinidae (Trahiras)". In R.E. Reis; S.O. Kullander; C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.). Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre, Brasil: EDIPUCRS. pp. 238–240.
External links
- Hoplias microcephalus at www.fishwise.co.za
- "Hoplias microcephalus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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