Hoplias
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| Hoplias | |
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| Hoplias malabaricus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Erythrinidae |
| Genus: | Hoplias T. N. Gill, 1903[1] |
| Type species | |
| Esox malabaricus | |
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Hoplias is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes in the family Erythrinidae, the trahiras. The fishes in this genus are found in Central and South America.
