Giant Wolffish

Hoplias aimara

Nocturnal invertebrate predator

Giant Wolffish is known around South America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 100 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Characins
Family: Erythrinidae
Genus: Hoplias
Maximum length: 100 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: South America: Tributaries of middle and lower Amazon basin, including Rios Trombretas, Jari, Tapajós, Xingu, Tocantins, and in the coastal rivers of Guyana, Suriname, Fr Guiana; Rios Araguari and Amapá, state of Amapá, Brazil; lower reaches of Río Orinoco, Venezuela.

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