Brazilian Wolffish

Hoplias est un genre de poissons téléostéens américains d'eau douce de la famille des Erythrinidae (ordre des Characiformes).

Hoplias brasiliensis, the Brazilian wolffish, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Erythrinidae, the trahiras. This species is endemic to northeastern Brazil. Taxonomy Hoplias brasiliensis was first formally described as Erythrinus brasiliensis in 1829, the type locality was given as the Rio Peruaguaçu near Iaçu in Bahia State, Brazil, where the German biologist Johann Baptist von Spix collected the type, with the description being completed and published by the Swiss-American biologist Louis Agassiz.

Hoplias brasiliensis es una especie de peces de la familia Erythrinidae en el orden Characiformes. Morfología Los machos pueden llegar alcanzar los 20,3 cm de longitud total. ​​ Hábitat Es un pez de agua dulce y de clima tropical.