# Hoplerythrinus

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
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| taxon = Hoplerythrinus
| authority = [T. N. Gill](/source/Theodore_Gill), 1896<ref name = "Cof family">{{Cof family|family=Eythrinidae|access-date=21 June 2025}}</ref>
| type_species = Erythrinus unitaeniatus
| type_species_authority = [Spix](/source/Johann_Baptist_von_Spix) & [Agassiz](/source/Louis_Agassiz), 1829<ref name = "Cof family"/> 
| synonyms = {{Genus list
| Ophiocephalops | [Fowler](/source/Henry_Weed_Fowler), 1906
| Pseuderythrinus | [Hoedeman](/source/Jacobus_Johannes_Hoedeman), 1950
}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name = "Cof family"/>
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'''''Hoplerythrinus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of freshwater [ray-finned fishes](/source/Actinopterygii) belonging to the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Erythrinidae](/source/Erythrinidae), the trahiras. The fishes in this genus are found in [Central](/source/Central_America) and [South America](/source/South_America).  

==Species==
''Hoplerythrinus'' contains the following valid species:<ref name = "Cof genus">{{Cof genus|genus=Hoplerythrinus|access-date=22 June 2025}}</ref>
* ''[Hoplerythrinus cinereus](/source/Hoplerythrinus_cinereus)'' <small>([T. N. Gill](/source/Theodore_Gill), 1858)</small>
* ''[Hoplerythrinus gronovii](/source/Hoplerythrinus_gronovii)'' <small>([Valenciennes](/source/Achille_Valenciennes), 1847)</small>
* ''[Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus](/source/Hoplerythrinus_unitaeniatus)'' <small>([Spix](/source/Johann_Baptist_von_Spix) & [Agassiz](/source/Louis_Agassiz), 1829)</small>

==References==
* {{FishBase genus | genus = Hoplerythrinus| month = October | year = 2011}}
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Category:Erythrinidae
Category:Taxa named by Theodore Gill
Category:Hoplerythrinus

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