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Black-tailed Payara (Hydrolycus armatus)
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Black-tailed Payara (Hydrolycus armatus) specimen
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Cynodontidae

Black-tailed Payara

Hydrolycus armatus

Eighty Nine Centimeters Cynodontid Fish

  • Black
  • Tropical
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • South America
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

Black-tailed Payara is a freshwater fish from South America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 89 cm.

Maximum length
89 cm
Water
Freshwater
Distribution
South America: Amazon basin, Orinoco basin, rivers of Guyana.

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