Hoplias aimara (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 aimara, also known as anjumara, traíra, trahira, manjuma, anjoemara and giant wolf fish, is a species of freshwater fish found in the rivers of South America. In Amazonia, the native populations are concerned by high levels of mercury contamination which have been linked to the consumption of contaminated fish. H. aimara is a good bioindicator of such contamination.
Wikipedia contributors, Hoplias aimara; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:49:37.932222+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hoplias aimara (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 aimara (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 patana (Valenciennes, 1847) | ErythrinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hoplias teres (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 aimara 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=1458744 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:6MCLG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.