Hoplias australis explained

Hoplias australis is a predatory freshwater characin fish of the southern Neotropics.

Distribution

Southern South America, throughout the Rio Uruguay basin, including its tributary Rio Negro, Uruguay where it is endemic.

Taxonomy

Osvaldo Oyakawa and George Mattox described Hoplias australis at the same time as Hoplias curupira.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wolf-fish group revised . Practical Fishkeeping . 2012-03-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050413/http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/content.php?sid=2154 . 2016-03-04 .