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
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Binomial name | |
Hoplias lacerdae A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1908
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Hoplias lacerdae is a predatory freshwater characin fish from South America. They are commonly known are trairão in Brazilian Portuguese.
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]
South America: Rio Ribeira de Iguape basin in São Paulo and Paraná states of Brazil.[2]
Hoplias lacerdae is an ambush predator of other fish.
They can grow up to 75 cm in length and the maximum published weight is 4.3 kg.[2]
Molecular studies show that this species is not closely related to Hoplias malabaricus.[3]