Hoplias - Giant trahiras

Image source: Jo's Animal Database

Classification

Genus: Hoplias - Giant trahiras

Description

Hoplias is a genus of fish in the family Erythrinidae found in Central and South America.

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:

Hoplias aimara (Valenciennes, 1847)
Hoplias australis Oyakawa & Mattox, 2009
Hoplias brasiliensis (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
Hoplias curupira Oyakawa & Mattox, 2009
Hoplias intermedius (Günther, 1864)
Hoplias lacerdae A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1908
Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch, 1794) Wolf-fish, Traíra
Hoplias mbigua Azpelicueta, Benítez, Aichino & Méndez, 2015 [2]
Hoplias microcephalus (Agassiz, 1829)
Hoplias microlepis (Günther, 1864) [3]
Hoplias misionera Rosso, Mabragaña, González-Castro, Delpiani, Avigliano, Schenone & Díaz de Astarloa, 2016 [4]
Hoplias patana (Valenciennes, 1847)
Hoplias teres (Valenciennes, 1847)

Species