Hoplias australis is a predatory freshwater characin fish of the southern Neotropics.
Hoplias australis | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Erythrinidae |
Genus: | Hoplias |
Species: | H. australis |
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Hoplias australis | |
Southern South America, throughout the Rio Uruguay basin, including its tributary Rio Negro, Uruguay where it is endemic.[2]
Osvaldo Oyakawa and George Mattox described Hoplias austalis at the same time as Hoplias curupira.[3]
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