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The payara, Hydrolycus scomberoides, is a species of dogtooth tetra. This predatory fish is found in the Amazon Basin in tropical South America. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was the first of four species to be described in the genus Hydrolycus .
Hydrolycus armatus is a species of dogtooth characin found in freshwater of tropical South America. [2] It is sometimes known as Payara, [1] or harm, [3] [4] [5] 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.
Vampire fish is a colloquial name given to the following varieties of fish: Candiru (fish) ( Vandellia cirrhosa ), a species of parasitic freshwater catfish Payara , a species of dogtooth tetra
A massive species of fish that used to dominate the Amazon river is quickly dying out in several areas. A recent study of fishing communities in the state of Amazonas, Brazil found the giant ...
Thousands of fish species — about 2,500 of them named — call the Amazon River home, but scientists estimate nearly half of the marine creatures lurking in the massive stretch of water remain ...
Cynodontidae, also known as dogtooth characins or vampire tetras, are a family of predatory, characiform freshwater fishes from South America. This group is not very diverse, and includes only five genera and 14 species .
An amphibious mouse with webbed feet and an unsightly blob-headed fish are among the more than two dozen new species discovered by scientists in a remote region of the Peruvian Amazon rainforest.
Candiru (Vandellia cirrhosa), also known as cañero, toothpick fish, or vampire fish, is a species of parasitic freshwater catfish in the family Trichomycteridae native to the Amazon basin where it is found in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.