Hoplias malabaricus

(Hoplias malabaricus)

Description

Hoplias malabaricus, also known as the wolf fish, tiger fish or trahira, is a predatory Central and South American freshwater ray finned fish of the characiform family Erythrinidae.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:

Class: Actinopterygii

Order:Characiformes

Family:Erythrinidae

Genus:Hoplias

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