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Brown Hoplo
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Brown Hoplo

Hoplosternum littorale

Hoplosternum littorale is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) belonging to the Callichthyinae subfamily of the family Callichthyidae. It is known as tamuatá in Brazil, atipa in French Guiana, hassar in Guyana, kwi kwi (or kwie kwie ) in Suriname, cascadu(ra) in Trinidad and Tobago, and busco or currito in Venezuela.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 221492.