Giant trahira

The Giant trahira lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater environment.

Brazil's giant trahira looks like something that should be chasing Sigourney Weaver around a spaceship. This little-known fish weighs up to 50 pounds and has chompers that look like they could bite through nails. Think "nuclear walleye" and you'll have a good picture. More

Adventure Fishing For Giant Trahira In Suriname = Article Date: August 2006 Here's a brand new spot to go fishing in Latin America - Suriname. More

Giant Trahira This thread will be specifically for Giant Trahira recipies. Please feel free to add any recipies that you may have so that we can all share them. Bass are toys. Gills and Trout are food. More

Giant Trahira Fish Species Information Scientific Fish Name: Hoplias macrophthalmus Other Fish Species Names: J More

Giant Trahira Brazil's giant trahira looks like something that should be chasing Sigourney Weaver around a spaceship. This little-known fish weighs up to 50 pounds and has chompers that look like they could bite through nails. Think "nuclear walleye" and you'll have a good picture. More

lagoons and river banks, Giant Trahiras in rock structures, to Payara and Bicuda fishing in wild water. Catching a variety of as many as 12 different kind of fish is common in these waters. More

dog-fanged giant trahira in Suriname. And, in 2006, he received international media attention for his largest fish ever caught on fly, a 385-pound lemon shark caught off Key West. Herb Ratner of Greensburg, Pa. More

giant trahira (Hoplias macraphthalmus) in four minutes using “tuvira” for bait for a possible male smallfry record. Practicing conservation, both youngsters released their fish in the river after documenting and photographing. More

Common names

Giant trahira in English
Tararira in Spanish (español)
Tariputanga in Portuguese (Português)
Trairaçu in Portuguese (Português)
Trairão in Portuguese (Português)

Order : Characiformes
Family : Erythrinidae
Genus : Hoplias
Species : Hoplias lacerdae
Authority : Miranda Ribeiro, 1908