Hoplias microcephalus

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]

Hoplias microcephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Erythrinidae
Genus: Hoplias
Species:
H. microcephalus
Binomial name
Hoplias microcephalus
(Agassiz, 1829)
Synonyms
  • Erythrinus microcephalus Agassiz, 1829[1]
  • Macrodon intermedius Günther, 1864[1]

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]

References
  1. Synonyms of Hoplias microcephalus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Hoplias microcephalus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Spix, J. B. von and L. Agassiz 1829-31 [ref. 13] 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.
  4. Oyakawa, O.T. 2003 Erythrinidae (Trahiras). p. 238-240. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.


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