Hoplias australis is a predatory freshwater characin fish of the southern Neotropics.
| Hoplias australis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Erythrinidae |
| Genus: | Hoplias |
| Species: | H. australis |
| Binomial name | |
| 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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