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Common Wolffish
Pedro Silva, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Characins, piranhas & tetras

Common Wolffish

Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch, 1794)

pataka Sranan Tongopataka Surinamese Dutch
LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishCommon Wolffish
DutchGewone wolfvis
SpanishTararira
Chinese虎利齿脂鲤
Sranan Tongopataka
Surinamese Dutchpataka
Scientific nameHoplias malabaricus (Bloch, 1794)

About this species

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.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderCharaciformes
FamilyErythrinidae
GenusHoplias

In Suriname

271Records in Suriname
12iNaturalist observations
1862First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini96
  • Para9
  • Marowijne8
  • Saramacca5
  • Brokopondo4
  • Nickerie2
  • Paramaribo2
  • Coronie1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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