intermedius, Macrodon Günther [A.] 1864:282 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Rio Cipó, São Francisco River basin, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Lectotype: BMNH 1861.5.16.6 (stuffed left half skin). Paralectotypes: BMNH 1861.5.16.7 (1, stuffed left half skin). Lectotype selected by Oyakawa & Mattox 2009:130 [ref. 30225]. •Synonym of Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch 1794) -- (Taphorn 1992:451 [ref. 23654]). •Synonym of Hoplias microcephalus (Agassiz 1829) -- (Oyakawa in Reis et al. 2003:239 [ref. 27061]). •Valid as Hoplias intermedius (Günther 1864) -- (Oyakawa & Mattox 2009:129 [ref. 30225], Blanco et al. 2010:361 [ref. 30964], Mattox et al. 2014:343 [ref. 33381], Rosso et al. 2016:206 [ref. 34785], Rosso et al. 2018:249 [ref. 36203], Reis et al. 2020:462 [ref. 38364], Silva et al. 2020:8 [ref. 37809], Guimarães et al. 2021:16 [ref. 38947], Brandão et al. 2023:127 [ref. 40464], Quintela et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40727]). Current status: Valid as Hoplias intermedius (Günther 1864). Erythrinidae. Distribution: South America: São Francisco and Paraná river basins and tributaries of rio Doce (Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.