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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
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 3
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Characiformes, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Payara

In Biome

Freshwater, Biomes
Source FishBase: Hydrolycus scomberoides (FishBase)

In Ecosystem

Amazon Rainforest, Ecosystems
Source Wikipedia: Payara
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Bolivia

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Brazil

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Colombia

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Ecuador

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Guyana

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Peru

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Payara
Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    This predatory fish is found in the Amazon Basin in tropical South America.
  • Infobox: 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.
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2. GBIF Species API
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3. FishBase: Hydrolycus scomberoides (FishBase)
FishBase
  • Human uses
    Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: public aquariums
  • In Biome: Freshwater, Environment
    Freshwater; benthopelagic
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Animalia
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 23
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 23
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Animals","language":"EN"},{"name":"Fauna","language":"EN"},{"name":"Animaux","language":"FR"}],"cites_listings":[]
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Wikidata: Payara
Child Taxon Of: Characiformes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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