Hoplias patana (Valenciennes, 1847)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Hoplias patana is a species of trahiras. It is a freshwater fish which is known from Cayenne, French Guiana. The maximum length recorded for this species is 39.4 centimetres.
It was originally described by Achille Valenciennes in 1847, under the genus Macrodon. It was listed as a valid species of Hoplias by Osvaldo Takeshi Oyakawa in 2003.
Wikipedia contributors, Hoplias patana; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:49:45.800099+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hoplias patana (Valenciennes, 1847)
- Name authority
- (Valenciennes, 1847)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Erythrinidae
- Genus
- Hoplias
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCharaciformes
- suborderCharacoidei
- familyErythrinidae Valenciennes, 1847
- genusHoplias Gill, 1903
- speciesHoplias patana (Valenciennes, 1847)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hoplias. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Hoplias curupira Oyakawa & Mattox, 2009 | ErythrinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hoplias macrophthalmus (Pellegrin, 1907) | ErythrinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hoplias microcephalus (Agassiz, 1829) | ErythrinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hoplias microlepis (Günther, 1864) | ErythrinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hoplias teres (Valenciennes, 1847) | ErythrinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hoplias aimara (Valenciennes, 1847) | ErythrinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hoplias auri Guimarães, Rosso, González-Castro, Souza, Díaz de Astarloa & Rodrigues, 2021 | ErythrinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hoplias cazumba Abreu, Pedroza, Oyakawa, Melo, Tchaicka & Piorski, 2025 | ErythrinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hoplias maranhensis Guimarães et al., 2025 | ErythrinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hoplias guri Bogan, Cardoso, Rosso & Díaz de Astarloa, 2025 | ErythrinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hoplias australis Oyakawa & Mattox, 2009 | ErythrinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hoplias brasiliensis (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) | ErythrinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Macrodon patana Valenciennes, 1847 Valenciennes, 1847 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1460854 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3MKDP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.