Hoplias microcephalus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Erythrinidae |
Genus: | Hoplias |
Species: | H. microcephalus
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Binomial name | |
Hoplias microcephalus (Agassiz, 1829)
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Hoplias microcephalus is a species of trahiras.[2] It is a tropical, benthopelagic freshwater fish which is known to inhabit the São Francisco River in Brazil.[2] Males can reach a maximum length of 35.6 centimetres.[2]
H. microcephalus was originally described by Louis Agassiz in 1829, under the genus Erythrinus.[3] It was listed as a valid species of Hoplias by O.T. Oyakawa in 2003.[4]