Hoplias Explained

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

Species

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 ^[1]
• Hoplias microcephalus (Agassiz, 1829)
• Hoplias microlepis (Günther, 1864) ^[2]
• Hoplias misionera Rosso, Mabragaña, González-Castro, Delpiani, Avigliano, Schenone & Díaz de Astarloa, 2016 ^[3]
• Hoplias patana (Valenciennes, 1847)
• Hoplias teres (Valenciennes, 1847)

Notes and References

1. Azpelicueta, M.d.l.M., Benítez, M.F., Aichino, D.R. & Mendez, C.M.D. (2015): A new species of the genus Hoplias (Characiformes, Erythrinidae), a tararira from the lower Paraná River, in Misiones, Argentina. Acta zoológica lilloana, 59 (1-2): 71–82.
2. Mattox, G.M.T., Bifi, A.G. & Oyakawa, O.T. (2014): Taxonomic study of Hoplias microlepis (Günther, 1864), a trans-Andean species of trahiras (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Erythrinidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 343–352.
3. Rosso, J.J., Mabragaña, E., González-Castro, M., Delpiani, M.S., Avigliano, E., Schenone, N. & Díaz de Astarloa, J.M. (2016): A new species of the Hoplias malabaricus species complex (Characiformes: Erythrinidae) from the La Plata River basin. Cybium, 40 (3): 199-208.