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Hoplerythrinus cinereus

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Species of fish

Hoplerythrinus cinereus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Erythrinidae
Genus: Hoplerythrinus
Species: H. cinereus
Binomial name
Hoplerythrinus cinereus
(Gill, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Erythrinus cinereus Gill, 1858

Hoplerythrinus cinereus is a species of trahira (family Erythrinidae). It is a tropical, pelagic freshwater fish which is known from the Island of Trinidad off northeastern Venezuela. Males can reach a maximum standard length of 20.2 cm (8.0 in).

H. cinereus was originally described by T.N. Gill in 1858, as a species of Hoplerythrinus. It was listed as a valid species of Erythrinus by Osvaldo Takeshi Oyakawa in 2003.

References

  1. Synonyms of Hoplerythrinus cinereus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Hoplerythrinus cinereus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Gill, T.N., 1858 Synopsis of the fresh water fishes of the western portion of the island of Trinidad, W. I. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York v. 6 (nos. 10-13): 363-430.
  4. Oyakawa, O. T. 2003 Erythrinidae (Trahiras). p. 238-240. In R. E. Reis, S. O. Kullander and C. J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.

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Taxon identifiers
Hoplerythrinus cinereus
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