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E. erythrinus is a South American freshwater fish that is native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins, as well as rivers in the Guianas. [2] The species is also reported as native to the Paraná—Paraguay basin, including the Pantanal, [3] [4] but the population in the lower Paraná basin and Iguazu basin may be an undescribed species. [5]
Hoplias aimara, also known as anjumara, traíra, trahira, manjuma, anjoemara and giant wolf fish, [1] is a species of freshwater fish found in the rivers of South America. [2] In Amazonia , the native populations are concerned by high levels of mercury contamination which have been linked to the consumption of contaminated fish.
The red wolf's taxonomic classification as being a separate species has been contentious for nearly a century, being classified either as a subspecies of the gray wolf Canis lupus rufus, [9] [10] or a coywolf (a genetic admixture of wolf and coyote). Because of this, it is sometimes excluded from endangered species lists, despite its critically ...
2012: The red wolf population in Alligator River, Pocosin Lakes and the surrounding five-county area reaches an estimated 120 red wolves. 2015: The Fish and Wildlife Service decides to stop ...
Some 270 other red wolves are living in captivity, part of the effort between the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to save the species.
The Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus), also known as the seawolf, Atlantic catfish, ocean catfish, devil fish, wolf eel (the common name for its Pacific relative), woof or sea cat, is a marine fish of the wolffish family Anarhichadidae, native to the North Atlantic Ocean.
International Wolf Center, there are two “widely recognized species of wolves in the world, the red and the gray.” Pictured is the American grey wolf (Canis lupus lycaon). ©Jearu/Shutterstock.com
Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch, 1794) Wolf-fish, Traíra; Hoplias mbigua Azpelicueta, Benítez, Aichino & Méndez, 2015 [2] Hoplias microcephalus (Agassiz, 1829) Hoplias microlepis (Günther, 1864) [3] Hoplias misionera Rosso, Mabragaña, González-Castro, Delpiani, Avigliano, Schenone & Díaz de Astarloa, 2016 [4] Hoplias patana (Valenciennes, 1847)