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FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Hydrolycus&speciesname=scomberoides ---> https://www.fishbase.se/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Hydrolycus&speciesname=scomberoides https://www.fishbase.se/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Hydrolycus&speciesname=scomberoides ---> https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Hydrolycus-scomberoides.html Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua)   About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments & Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload references Fish Watcher Related species Species in Hydrolycus Species in Cynodontidae - Classification - Cynodontinae Cynodontidae Characiformes Actinopterygii Chordata Animalia     Hydrolycus scomberoides (Cuvier , 1819) Payara Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Stamps, Coins Misc. | Google image Hydrolycus scomberoides Picture by Magalhães, K. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes ( gen. , sp. ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Characiformes (Characins) > Cynodontidae (Dogtooth characins) > Cynodontinae Etymology: Hydrolycus: Greek, hydr = water + Greek, lykos = wolf (Ref. 45335 ) .  More on author: Cuvier . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 12468 ) Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri South America: Amazon River basin. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 117 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40637 ); max. published weight: 17.8 kg (Ref. 40637 ) Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Apparently carnivorous, probably ichthyophagous. Maximum length reported to reach 40 cm TL (Ref. 12468 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Toledo-Piza, Mônica | Collaborators Toledo-Piza, M. , 2003. Cynodontidae (Cynodotids). p. 234-237. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 38270 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 120744 )     Not Evaluated   CITES (Ref. 118484 ) Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: public aquariums FAO(Publication : search ) | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Allele frequencies Heritability Diseases Processing Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00603 (0.00309 - 0.01175), b=3.20 (3.03 - 3.37), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic Level (Ref. 69278 ):  4.5   ±0.5 se; Based on diet studies. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  . Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Moderate to high vulnerability (51 of 100) . Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Unknown . Entered by Torres, Armi G. Modified by Froese, Rainer Fish Forum Comments & Corrections Sign our Guest Book Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : Stockholm, Sweden Page last modified by : mrius-barile - 20 July 2016 Total processing time for the page : 1.3765 seconds Updated: 2020-02-21 19:15:39 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation