Hoplias

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.

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 Bloch, 1794[1]
Synonyms[1]
Macrodon Müller, 1843

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)