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Hoplosternum thoractum

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Description

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Habitat

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Osteichthyes () - Huxley, 1880
        Class: Osteichthyes () - Huxley, 1880
        Subclass: Actinopterygii ()
        Infraclass: Actinopteri ()
        Cohort: Clupeocephala ()
        Order: Siluriformes ()
        Family: Callichthyidae ()
        Genus: Hoplosternum () - Gill, 1858
        Specific name: thoractum
        Scientific name: - Hoplosternum thoractum

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Hoplosternum

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:

H. littorale (Katrina Kwikwi) · H. magdalenae (Striped Hoplo)

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Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Identifiers

Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 682614

Last Revised: 7/15/2012