Payara
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For the related species also known as payara, see Hydrolycus armatus.
For the webserver, see Payara Server.
The payara, Hydrolycus scomberoides, is a species of dogtooth tetra. This predatory fish is found in the Amazon Basin in tropical South America.[2][3] It was the first of four species to be described in the genus Hydrolycus.[4]
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Payara | |
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at Toba Aquarium, Japan | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Cynodontidae |
Genus: | Hydrolycus |
Species: | H. scomberoides |
Binomial name | |
Hydrolycus scomberoides | |
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