Tiger fish

Hoplias microlepis

Thirty Six Centimeters Erythrinid Fish of South American Waters

Tropical
Southern Hemisphere
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Elongated
Medium
Tropical fish

Hoplias microlepis, the smallscale wolffish, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Erythrinidae, the trahiras. This species is found in northwestern South America and in southern Central America.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Characins
Family: Erythrinidae
Genus: Hoplias
Maximum length: 36 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Central and South America: Pacific drainages of Panama; records in the Atlantic coast of Panama are restricted to the Canal Zone, suggesting dispersal through the Panama Canal; Puntarenas in southwestern Costa Rica; río Guayas basin in Ecuador and río Tumbes in northwestern Peru (Ref. 96873 ); and Colombia (Ref. 37025 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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