Payara
| Payara | |
|---|---|
| at Toba Aquarium, Japan | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Cynodontidae |
| Genus: | Hydrolycus |
| Species: | H. scomberoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Hydrolycus scomberoides (G. Cuvier, 1819) | |
The payara, (Hydrolycus scomberoides), is a species of dogtooth tetra. This predatory fish is found in the Amazon Basin in tropical South America. It was the first of four species to be described in the genus Hydrolycus.