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Paraya

Hydrolycus tatauaia Toledo-Piza, Menezes & Santos, 1999

Status not recordedbony fish

The paraya (Hydrolycus tatauaia) is a species in the family Cynodontidae, order Characiformes.

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Quick facts about the paraya

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the paraya live?

Not recorded

Is the paraya endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the paraya classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCharaciformes
  5. familyCynodontidae
  6. genusHydrolycus
  7. SpeciesHydrolycus tatauaia Toledo-Piza, Menezes & Santos, 1999
Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Redtail PayaraEnglish
  • Sabretooth tetraEnglish
  • Vampire tetraEnglish
  • zubatice tatauaiaCzech
  • CachorraPortuguese
  • ปลาอาร์มาทัสหางแดงThai
  • Dourado-cadelaPortuguese
  • Peixe-cachorroPortuguese
  • PirandiráPortuguese
  • PiranteraPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the paraya

Other species in the same genus Hydrolycus.

Payara

Hydrolycus scomberoides

CynodontidaeNo free photo yet

Harm

Hydrolycus armatus

CynodontidaeNo free photo yet

CompareParaya vs PayaraParaya vs HarmParaya vs Wallace's Payara

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the paraya?

The paraya (Hydrolycus tatauaia) belongs to the family Cynodontidae in the order Characiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Paraya (Hydrolycus tatauaia). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/paraya

MLA

“Paraya (Hydrolycus tatauaia).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/paraya.

BibTeX
@misc{paraya_2026,
  title = {Paraya (Hydrolycus tatauaia)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/paraya},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}