Species

Payara

Fish

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General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Payara." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/payara.

APA Style

Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Payara. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/payara

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-payara,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Payara},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/payara},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

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.

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