lacerdae, Hoplias Miranda Ribeiro [A. de] 1908:[3], Fig. [Kosmos, Rio de Janeiro [Rev. Art. Sci. Litt.] v. 5 (no. 2) (for 1907); ref. 3715] Iporanga, Rio Ribeira de Iguape, São Paulo State, Brazil. Holotype: MNRJ 211. Type catalog: Miranda Ribeiro 1955:397 [ref. 12732]. Named after Dr. J. B. de Lacerda; correct spelling should be lacerdai if after a male; but current usage is acceptable. •Synonym of Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch 1794), but a valid subspecies lacerdae (Miranda Ribeiro 1908) -- (Nión et al. 2016:29 [ref. 35565]). •Valid as Hoplias lacerdae Miranda Ribeiro 1908 -- (Oyakawa in Reis et al. 2003:239 [ref. 27061], Oyakawa & Mattox 2009:134 [ref. 30225], Blanco et al. 2010:361 [ref. 30964], Mattox et al. 2014:343 [ref. 33381], Litz & Koerber 2014:9 [ref. 33622], Sarmiento et al. 2014:72, 186 [ref. 35004], Azpelicueta et al. 2015:72 [ref. 34030], Mirande & Koerber 2015:14 [ref. 35117], Bertaco et al. 2016:415 [ref. 34561], Rosso et al. 2016:206 [ref. 34785], Rosso et al. 2018:249 [ref. 36203], Guimarães et al. 2021:16 [ref. 38947], Bertaco & Azevedo 2023:4 [ref. 39997], Bertaco et al. 2023:9 [ref. 40740], Loureiro et al. 2023:34 [ref. 40506]). Current status: Valid as Hoplias lacerdae Miranda Ribeiro 1908. Erythrinidae. Distribution: South America: Ribeira de Iguapé River basin (?Bolivia, Brazil) and Uruguay River basin (Uruguay and Argentina). Introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater.