Hoplias
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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis/Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Infraclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Ostariophysi
Series: Otophysi
Ordo: Characiformes
Familia: Erythrinidae
Genus: Hoplias
Species:
H. aimara -
H. brasiliensis -
H. lacerdae -
H. malabaricus -
H. mbigua –
H. microcephalus -
H. microlepis -
H. patana -
H. teres
Name[edit]
Hoplias Gill, 1903
- Type species: Esox malabaricus Bloch, 1794
Etymology: From hoplos (= armor), referring to “defensive armature” of “cranial shield-like surface as well as the offensive teeth”. (From The ETYFish project)
Synonyms[edit]
- Macrodon Müller, 1843
References[edit]
- Gill, T. N., 1903: Note on the fish genera named Macrodon. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 26 (1349): 1015–1016. BHL reference page
Links[edit]
- Hoplias and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes,
Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & Van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2018. Catalog of Fishes electronic version. - Hoplias species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2018. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 10/2017.
