Hoplias patana
Hoplias patana is a species of trahiras.[2] It is a freshwater fish which is known from Cayenne, French Guiana.[3] The maximum length recorded for this species is 39.4 centimetres.[3]
| Hoplias patana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Erythrinidae |
| Genus: | Hoplias |
| Species: | H. patana |
| Binomial name | |
| Hoplias patana (Valenciennes, 1847) | |
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It was originally described by Achille Valenciennes in 1847, under the genus Macrodon.[4] It was listed as a valid species of Hoplias by Osvaldo Takeshi Oyakawa in 2003.[5]
References
- Synonyms of Macrodon at www.fishbase.org.
- Hoplias patana at www.fishbase.org.
- Page 240, Check list of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America, by Roberto E. Reis, Sven O. Kullander, and Carl J. Ferraris. EDIPUCRS, 2003. ISBN 8574303615/ISBN 9788574303611
- Cuvier, G. and A. Valenciennes 1847 (May) [ref. 4883] Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-neuvième. Suite du livre dix-neuvième. Brochets ou Lucioïdes. Livre vingtième. De quelques familles de Malacoptérygiens, intermédiaires entre les Brochets et les Clupes. Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 19: i-xix + 1-544 + 6 pp., Pls. 554-590 [not 520-556].
- 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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