Hoplias

Hoplias
Hoplias malabaricus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Erythrinidae
Genus:	Hoplias T. N. Gill, 1903 [1]
Type species
Esox malabaricus Bloch, 1794 [1]
Synonyms [1]
Macrodon Müller, 1843

Hoplias is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes in the family Erythrinidae, the trahiras. The fishes in this genus are found in Central and South America.

Species

Hoplias malabaricus and its sharp teeth.

Hoplias contains the following valid species: ^[2]

• Hoplias aimara (Valenciennes, 1847)
• Hoplias argentinensis Rosso, González-Castro, Bogan, Cardoso, Mabragaña, Delpiani et al., 2018
• Hoplias auri Guimarães, Rosso, González-Castro, Souza, Díaz de Astarloa & Rodrigues, 2021
• Hoplias australis Oyakawa & Mattox, 2009
• Hoplias brasiliensis (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
• Hoplias cazumba Abreu, Pedroza, Oyakawa, Melo, Tchaicka & Piorski, 2025
• Hoplias curupira Oyakawa & Mattox, 2009
• Hoplias intermedius (Günther, 1864)
• Hoplias lacerdae Miranda Ribeiro, 1908
• Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch, 1794)
• Hoplias mbigua Azpelicueta, Benítez, Aichino & Mendez, 2015
• Hoplias microlepis (Günther, 1864)
• Hoplias misionera Rosso, Mabragaña, González-Castro, Delpiani, Avigliano, Schenone et al., 2016
• Hoplias patana (Valenciennes, 1847)
• Hoplias teres (Valenciennes, 1847)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Erythrinidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 22 June 2025.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Hoplias". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 22 June 2025.