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Cynodontidae
Payara
Hydrolycus scomberoides
One Hundred Seventeen Centimeters Cynodontid Fish of South American Waters
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Elongated
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
LargePayara is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Characins
- Family
- Cynodontidae
- Genus
- Hydrolycus
- Maximum length
- 117 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- South America: Amazon River basin.
Class
Family
