Paleohoplias

Paleohoplias
Temporal range: Late Miocene-Pliocene,
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Erythrinidae
Genus: Paleohoplias
Bocquentin & Negri in Gayet, Jegu, Bocquentin & Negri, 2003
Type species
Paleohoplias assisbrasiliensis
Bocquentin & Negri in Gayet, Jegu, Bocquentin & Negri, 2003
Other species
  • Paleohoplias amazonensis Decat et al, 2026

Paleohoplias is an extinct genus of freshwater characin fish in the family Erythrinidae found in Brazil, South America. Two species are known.