Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Erythrinidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Characiformes Genus Hoplias | |
Similar Hoplias microlepis, Hoplias lacerdae, Hoplerythrinus, Hoplias curupira, Erythrinus erythrinus | ||
Hoplias teres is a species of trahiras. It is a tropical, benthopelagic freshwater fish which is known to inhabit Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. Males can reach a maximum length of 15.3 centimetres.
Hoplias teres was originally described by Achille Valenciennes in 1847, under the genus Macrodon. It was listed as a valid species of Hoplias by Osvaldo Takeshi Oyakawa in 2003.
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