Erythrinidae

Grenand, Pierre, Chapuis, Jean, Cognat, André, Christinoi, Antonia, Davy, Damien, Grenand, Françoise, Jégu, Michel, Keith, Philippe, Martin, Emmanuel, Nemo, François, Pagezy, Hélène & Le Bail, Pierre-Yves, 2015, Revision of vernacular names for the freshwater fish of French Guiana, Cybium 39 (4), pp. 279-300 : 288

Erythrinidae

Erythrinus erythrinus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) : koulan,

ti-koulan (C); motulu (K); pune agagbu, pune waimrak (P); ëlëtëkë (Wa); malakapuli (Wi); alakapuli (T); kiikipataka (B); mataoeri (S); morobá (Br); rainbow wolffish, red wolffish, hi-fin wolffish (E).

Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus (Spix, 1829) : koulan,

koulan-baré (C); walapa (K); pune (P); walapa (Wa, T); walapa, walapasĩ, kuyuyu (Wi); wapa (B); warapa (S); jeju (Br).

Hoplias aimara (Valenciennes, 1840) : aymara (C);

aimala (K); ivu, iigl ivu (P); aimala (Wa); tale’ɨ (Wi); tale’ɨt (T); aimala, nyamaa (B); anjoemara (S); poisson-tigre géant (F); traíra-açu, trairão (Br); giant trahiras, giant wolf fish (E).

Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch, 1794) : patagaye (C);

patakay (K); iigl (P); patakasi (Wa); tale’ɨsĩ (Wi); tale’ɨtsing, patakay (T); pataka (B, S); poisson-tigre (F); traíra (Br); common wolf fish (E).

Note: In Paru, a particular species of Hoplias , which is midway between patagaye and aimara in size, is considered to be different and named tawana by Wayana.