Hoplias
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Taxonavigation: Characiformes |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
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.) 2021. Catalog of Fishes electronic version. - Hoplias species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2021. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 12/2019.