Hoplias patana is a species of trahiras.

[2] It is a freshwater fish which is known from Cayenne, French Guiana.

[3] The maximum length recorded for this species is 39.4 centimetres.

[3] It was originally described by Achille Valenciennes in 1847, under the genus Macrodon.

[4] It was listed as a valid species of Hoplias by Osvaldo Takeshi Oyakawa in 2003.