Animalia > Chordata > Characiformes > Erythrinidae > Erythrinus > Erythrinus erythrinus

Erythrinus erythrinus (Trahira)

Synonyms: Erythrinus brevicauda; Erythrinus longipinnis; Erythrinus salmoneus; Synodus erythrinus
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Wikipedia Abstract

Erythrinus erythrinus, sometimes called the red wolf fish, is a species of trahira (family Erythrinidae). It is a tropical freshwater fish which is known to inhabit Central and South American rivers such as the Amazon and the Orinoco, as well as rivers in the Guianas. It is able to live in water with a pH of 5.6–7.8. E. erythrinus can reach a maximum standard length of 20 centimetres, and an overall length of 25 centimetres. The trahira feeds primarily on bony fish, insects, and benthic crustaceans. Although it is not of interest to fisheries, it is a commercial aquarium fish.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Bosque Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve V 691895 Paraguay  
Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve State Sustainable Development Reserve VI 3260792 Amazonas, Brazil  
Manú National Park II 4213523 Cusco, Peru  
Reserva de la Biosfera de Yasuni Biosphere Reserve 4156313 Ecuador  
Sierra del Divisor Reserve Zone 3652986 Peru      

Predators

Busarellus nigricollis (Black-collared Hawk)[1]
Leucopternis albicollis (White Hawk)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Paraseuratum albidum <Unverified Name>[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0