Description

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Common Names

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Makrellignende vandhund , Danish , Denmark

Payara , English , USA

Payara , English , Global

Huntsalmler , Estonian , Estonia

Tuun-susisalmler , Estonian , Estonia

Mustasusitetra , Finnish , Finland

Siipisusitetra , Finnish , Finland

Wolfsalmler , German , Germany

似鯖水狼脂鯉 , Mandarin Chinese , China

似鲭水狼脂鲤 , Mandarin Chinese , China

大胸水狼脂鯉 , Mandarin Chinese , China

大胸水狼脂鲤 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Cachorra , Portuguese , Brazil

Peixe cachorro , Portuguese , Brazil

Peixe-cachorra , Portuguese , Brazil

Pirandirá , Portuguese , Brazil

Saranha do rabo amarelo , Portuguese , Brazil

Cachorro , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Gata , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Piranha , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Paraya , Portuguese (Unknown) , Brazil

Chambira , Spanish , Peru

Dientón , Spanish , Ecuador

Payara , Spanish , Spain

Payara , Spanish , USA

Payara , Spanish , Venezuela

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Cynodontidae

Genus: Hydrolycus

Species: Hydrolycus scomberoides (Cuvier, 1819)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Apparently carnivorous, probably ichthyophagous. Maximum length reported to reach 40 cm TL (Ref. 12468).

Habitat

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benthopelagic