Hoplias microcephalus explained

Hoplias microcephalus is a species of trahiras.^[1] It is a tropical, benthopelagic freshwater fish which is known to inhabit the São Francisco River in Brazil.^[1] Males can reach a maximum length of 35.6 centimetres.^[1]

H. microcephalus was originally described by Louis Agassiz in 1829, under the genus Erythrinus.^[2] It was listed as a valid species of Hoplias by O.T. Oyakawa in 2003.^[3]

External links

• Hoplias microcephalus at www.fishwise.co.za
• Hoplias microcephalus at ITIS

Notes and References

1. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Hoplias-microcephalus.html Hoplias microcephalus
2. 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.
3. 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.