title: Hoplias
text: # Hoplias
  
  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
  * 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)
  