Hoplias lacerdae
Hoplias lacerdae is a predatory freshwater characin fish from South America. They are commonly known are trairão in Brazilian Portuguese.
| Hoplias lacerdae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Erythrinidae |
| Genus: | Hoplias |
| Species: | H. lacerdae |
| Binomial name | |
| Hoplias lacerdae A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1908 | |
The fish is named in honor of physician-anthropologist Jean Baptiste de Lacerda (1845-1915), the director of the National Museum of Rio Janeiro, because of his interest in the scientific explorations of the region.[1]
Distribution
South America: Rio Ribeira de Iguape basin in São Paulo and Paraná states of Brazil.[2]
Biology
Hoplias lacerdae is an ambush predator of other fish.
Description
They can grow up to 75 cm in length and the maximum published weight is 4.3 kg.[2]
Taxonomy
Molecular studies show that this species is not closely related to Hoplias malabaricus.[3]
References
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- Hoplias lacerdae : fisheries, aquaculture
- Morelli, S.; Vicari, M. R.; Bertollo, L. A. (Dec 2007). "Evolutionary cytogenetics of the Hoplias lacerdae, Miranda Ribeiro, 1908 group. A particular pathway concerning the other Erythrinidae fish". Braz J Biol. 67 (4 Suppl): 897–903. doi:10.1590/s1519-69842007000500013. PMID 18278357.
- Osvaldo T Oyakawa, George M T Mattox (2009), Revision of the Neotropical trahiras of the Hoplias lacerdae species-group (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Erythrinidae) with descriptions of two new species Neotropical Ichthyology,Vol 7, pp 117–140
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