Hoplias

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Hoplias Higher classification Erythrinidae Order Characiformes		Family Erythrinidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus

Lower classifications Hoplias malabaricus, Hoplias aimara

Hoplias aimara monster wolf fish captured in a fish tank

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)

Hoplias mbigua Azpelicueta, Benítez, Aichino & Méndez, 2015

Hoplias microcephalus (Agassiz, 1829)

Hoplias microlepis (Günther, 1864)

Hoplias misionera Rosso, Mabragaña, González-Castro, Delpiani, Avigliano, Schenone & Díaz de Astarloa, 2016

Hoplias patana (Valenciennes, 1847)

Hoplias teres (Valenciennes, 1847)

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