| Payara | |
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| at Toba Aquarium, Japan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Cynodontidae |
| Genus: | Hydrolycus |
| Species: | H. scomberoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Hydrolycus scomberoides | |
The payara, Hydrolycus scomberoides, is a species of dogtooth tetra. This predatory fish is found in the Amazon Basin in tropical South America.[3][4] It was the first of four species to be described in the genus Hydrolycus.[5]
- ^ Salvador, G.N. (2023). "Hydrolycus scomberoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T49830234A91630388. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49830234A91630388.en. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "Hydrolycus scomberoides". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hydrolycus scomberoides". FishBase. October 2005 version.
- ^ "Hydrolycus scomberoides". SeriouslyFish. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ Toledo-Piza, M.; N.A. Menezes; G.M. Santos (1999). "Revision of the Neotropical fish genus Hydrolycus (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Cynodontidae) with the description of two new species". Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters. 10 (3): 255–280.