Hoplias Gill [T. N.] 1903:1016 Masc. Esox malabaricus Bloch 1794. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Macrodon Müller 1842, preoccupied by Macrodon Schinz 1822 in fishes. •Valid as Hoplias Gill 1903 -- (Géry 1977:102 [ref. 1597], Malabarba 1989:127 [ref. 14217], Taphorn 1992:447 [ref. 23654], Britski et al. 1999:83 [ref. 24147], Géry & Zarske 2002:43 [ref. 26555], Oyakawa in Reis et al. 2003:239 [ref. 27061], Mattox et al. 2006:517 [ref. 28800], Oyakawa & Mattox 2009:117 [ref. 30225], Blanco et al. 2010:361 [ref. 30964], Oliveira et al. 2011:11 [ref. 31685], Mattox et al. 2014:343 [ref. 33381], Sarmiento et al. 2014:186 [ref. 35004], Azpelicueta et al. 2015:71 [ref. 34030], Bertaco et al. 2016:415 [ref. 34561], Rosso et al. 2016:199 [ref. 34785], Rosso et al. 2018:235 [ref. 36203], Guimarães et al. 2021:1 [ref. 38947]). Current status: Valid as Hoplias Gill 1903. Erythrinidae.