Hoplias
| Hoplias | |
|---|---|
| Hoplias malabaricus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Erythrinidae |
| Genus: | Hoplias T. N. Gill, 1903[1] |
| Type species | |
| Esox malabaricus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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 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 guri Bogan, Cardoso, Rosso & Díaz de Astarloa, 2025
- Hoplias intermedius (Günther, 1864)
- Hoplias lacerdae Miranda Ribeiro, 1908
- Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch, 1794)
- Hoplias maranhensis Guimarães, Rosso, González-Castro, do Nascimento Andrade, Brito, Guimarães, Díaz de Astarloa & Rodrigues, 2025
- Hoplias mbigua Azpelicueta, Benítez, Aichino & Mendez, 2015
- Hoplias microlepis (Günther, 1864)
- Hoplias misionera Rosso, Mabragaña, González-Castro, Delpiani, Avigliano, Schenone & Díaz de Astar, 2016
- Hoplias patana (Valenciennes, 1847) (Nomen dubium)
- Hoplias teres (Valenciennes, 1847)
References
- ^ a b c Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Erythrinidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Hoplias". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 February 2026.