Erythrinidae

Trahira

Hoplias malabaricus

Fish Reaching Sixty Five Centimeters in South American Waters

• Tropical
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Central America and the Caribbean
• South America
• Elongated
• Large
• Tropical fish

Hoplias malabaricus, also known as the wolf fish, tiger fish, guabine or trahira, is a predatory Central and South American freshwater ray-finned fish of the characiform family Erythrinidae.