Hydrolycus armatus

Hydrolycus armatus
Adult in Berlin Aquarium, Germany
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Cynodontidae
Genus: Hydrolycus
Species:
H. armatus
Binomial name
Hydrolycus armatus
(Jardine, 1841)

Hydrolycus armatus is a species of dogtooth characin found in freshwater of tropical South America. It is sometimes known as Payara, or harm, a name it shares with the related H. scomberoides.

This predatory fish occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade, but it requires a very large tank. In its native range it is considered a major gamefish.