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Trahira

Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch, 1794)

Status not recordedbony fish

The trahira (Hoplias malabaricus) is a species in the family Erythrinidae, order Characiformes.

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Quick facts about the trahira

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the trahira live?

Not recorded

Is the trahira endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the trahira classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCharaciformes
  5. familyErythrinidae
  6. genusHoplias
  7. SpeciesHoplias malabaricus (Bloch, 1794)

Synonyms Erythrinus macrodon, Erythrinus trahira, Esox malabaricus, Esox tararira, Hoplias malabarica, Macrodon ferox, Macrodon malabaricus, Macrodon tareira, Synodus palustris, Synodus tareira

Other names and names in other languages (18)
  • Common wolf fishEnglish
  • Tiger characinEnglish
  • TigerfishEnglish
  • Wolf fishEnglish
  • trahir malabarskýCzech
  • Spættet rovtetraDanish
  • TaraíraSpanish
  • Poisson tigreFrench
  • Gewone wolfvisDutch
  • TraíraPortuguese
  • Малабарская траираRussian
  • 牙魚Chinese
  • FasacoSpanish
  • TarangoSpanish
  • TarariraSpanish
  • TaruchaSpanish
  • Poisson-tigreFrench
  • Малабарский хоплиасRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the trahira

Other species in the same genus Hoplias.

Yarrow

Hoplias aimara

ErythrinidaeNo free photo yet

Tiger fish

Hoplias microlepis

ErythrinidaeNo free photo yet

CompareTrahira vs YarrowTrahira vs Blue wolf fishTrahira vs Hoplias macrophthalmusTrahira vs Tiger fish

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the trahira?

The trahira (Hoplias malabaricus) belongs to the family Erythrinidae in the order Characiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Trahira (Hoplias malabaricus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/trahira

MLA

“Trahira (Hoplias malabaricus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/trahira.

BibTeX
@misc{trahira_2026,
  title = {Trahira (Hoplias malabaricus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/trahira},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}