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Hoplias
Hoplias malabaricus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Erythrinidae
Genus:	Hoplias T. N. Gill, 1903
Type species
Esox malabaricus Bloch, 1794
Synonyms
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:

• 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)