Hoplias malabaricus (Block, 1794)

Smith, Welber Senteio, Halcsik, Leticia, Biagioni, Renata Cassemiro, Pinheiro, Lúcio Antônio Stefani & Severino Stefani, Marta, 2021, An updated list of the ichthyofauna of Ipanema National Forest, São Paulo, Brazil, Check List 17 (3), pp. 827-840 : 836

Hoplias malabaricus (Block, 1794)

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Material examined. BRAZIL – São Paulo • Iperó, Administração Lagoon ; 23°25.46′S, 047°36.02′W; 560 m alt.; 08.II.2016; W.S. Smith and L. Halcsik leg.; cast nets; LEEF 115143 , LEEF 115168 (12 spec., 190.0−230.0 mm SL) .

Identification. Body elongated; mouth terminal; premaxillary with a row of teeth conical or tricuspid teeth in the maxilla; absence of frontal fontanelle and adipose fin; maxillary bone with conical and canine teeth; upper portion of the operculum without conspicuous black spot ( Castro et al. 2004).