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Payara

Fish

The payara is a species of dogtooth tetra, a predatory fish found in the Amazon Basin of tropical South America. It was the first of four species described in the genus Hydrolycus.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Freshwater 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Characiformes, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Payara

In Ecosystem

Amazon Rainforest, Ecosystems
Source Wikipedia: Payara
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Bolivia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Brazil, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Colombia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Ecuador, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Guyana, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Peru, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Payara
Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    This predatory fish is found in the Amazon Basin in tropical South America.
  • Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
    status = LC
  • In Ecosystem: Amazon Rainforest, article text (ecosystem), EntityId 339106, target E16282
    This predatory fish is found in the Amazon Basin in tropical South America.
View the Source
2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
Wikidata: Payara
Child Taxon Of: Characiformes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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