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Blue Wolf Fish

Hoplias lacerdae

Classification

Hoplias lacerdae, the blue wolf fish or trairão, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Erythrinidae, the trahiras. This species is found in southern Brazil, northern Argentina and Uruguay. Taxonomy Hoplias lacerdae was first formally described in 1908 by the Brazilian herpetologist and ichthyologist Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro with its type locality given as Iporanga, Rio Ribeira de Iguape in São Paulo State, Brazil.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 49Uruguay · 4