Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Erythrinidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Characiformes Genus Hoplias | |
Similar Hoplias microlepis, Hoplias lacerdae, Hoplias curupira, Hoplerythrinus, Erythrinus erythrinus | ||
Hoplias microcephalus is a species of trahiras. It is a tropical, benthopelagic freshwater fish which is known to inhabit the São Francisco River in Brazil. Males can reach a maximum length of 35.6 centimetres.
H. microcephalus was originally described by Louis Agassiz in 1829, under the genus Erythrinus. It was listed as a valid species of Hoplias by O.T. Oyakawa in 2003.
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