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| binomial = ''Hoplias curupira'' |
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| binomial_authority = Oyakawa & Mattox, 2009<ref>{{cite doi |/10.1590/S1679-62252009000200001}}</ref> |
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''Hoplias curupira'', also known as the Black Wolf-fish, has a wide distribution in the Amazon basin but was described as recently as 2009. |
'''''Hoplias curupira''''', also known as the Black Wolf-fish, has a wide distribution in the Amazon basin but was described as recently as 2009. |
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| Hoplias curupira Oyakawa & Mattox, 2009[1]
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Hoplias curupira, also known as the Black Wolf-fish, has a wide distribution in the Amazon basin but was described as recently as 2009.
Distribution
Hoplias curupira has an extensive distribution across the north of South America, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam and Brazil in the Orinoco, Amazon and its tributaries, Rio Tocantins, Rio Xingu and Rio Negro[2].
Habitat
Prefers flowing water.
Description
Hoplias curupira are medium sized but relatively bulky in build compared to other Hoplias with a blunt head and broad body. The colour of the fish changes aording to mood from a light brown patterning to an almost solid black colouring leading to the common English name of Black Wolf-fish. In captivity the avareage size is 40cm but wild specimens have been reported at up to 75cm in length[3].
Habits
Like other members of the genus Hoplias, H. curupira is an ambush predator on various insects, larvae, small fishes, shrimps, worms and fruits[4] and is more diurnal than its cogeners. They appear to live as pairs, defending a territory together[5].
References
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|doi=/10.1590/S1679-62252009000200001instead. - ^ http://hoplias.webs.com/hopliascurupira.htm
- ^ http://hoplias.webs.com/hopliascurupira.htm
- ^ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Hoplias-curupira.html
- ^ http://thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/fish/Characiformes/Erythrinidae/Hoplias-curupira
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