ferox, Macrodon Gill [T. N.] 1858:411 [51] [Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York v. 6 (nos 10-13, art. 38); ref. 1750] Trinidad Island, West Indies. Syntypes: USNM 1112 (1), 6033 (2). Type catalog: Vari & Howe 1991:29 [ref. 19022]. On p. 51 of separate. •Synonym of Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch 1794) -- (Taphorn 1992:451 [ref. 23654], Oyakawa in Reis et al. 2003:239 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:9 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:14 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:20 [ref. 35267], Rosso et al. 2018:249 [ref. 36203], Guimarães et al. 2021:16 [ref. 38947]). Current status: Synonym of Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch 1794). Erythrinidae. Habitat: freshwater.