The payara, which is also sold as the saber tooth barracuda, vampire fish, vampire tetra, or saber tusk barracuda, is a popular species for large, aggressive aquariums. It requires a large aquarium and can only be mixed with relatively large species, as smaller will be seen as potential prey.

2023年11月24日 · The Payara Fish (Hydrolycus scomberoides), also known as Vampire Tetra, is an aggressive, predatory species of dogtooth tetra that can be found swimming in the tropical waters of the Amazon Basin, actively hunting for its next meal.

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 .

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.

2021年5月7日 · That creature is a fish, and it is called a Vampire Tetra (Hydrolycus scomberoides) or payara fish. Vampire Tetras are mysterious as Vampires. It is a powerful giant fish. It has 3-5 inches long fangs. Vampire fish is also named Water wolf, Dogteeth Tetra, Dogtooth Characin, and Sabretooth Tiger fish due to the presence of these long fangs.

2023年6月30日 · Lamprey eels – Lamprey eels are sometimes called “vampire fish” because of their tube-like suckers with dozens of tiny teeth. Vampire tetras – These are the other species of the cynodontidae family that we’ve already discussed. They’re the silver, dog-toothed fish that are often confused with payaras.

Type locality is given simply as ‘Brazil’ but this species is currently understood to be widespread in the central and upper Amazon River system in Brazil, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador, with the rio Tapajós in Brazil appearing to mark the downstream limit of its range.

2020年7月19日 · Vampire Tetra is a powerful and giant fast-pace fish well-known for its 4 to 5 inches long fangs. With a shimmering silver body and semi-transparent fish, this gigantic fish feeds on Piranhas. Thanks to those enormous fangs, the alternate name for Vampire Tetras is Water wolf, Sabre-tooth tiger fish, Dogteeth tetra, or Dogtooth Characin.

The payara, which is also sold as the saber tooth barracuda, vampire fish, vampire tetra, or saber tusk barracuda, is a popular species for large, aggressive aquariums. It requires a large aquarium and can only be mixed with relatively large species, as smaller will be seen as potential prey.

Vampire Tetra are of the tropical variety and require a temperature of 75 to 80 degrees in an aquarium of 100 gallons or more. These fish originate from South America where they are caught in the waters of the amazon basin. Like the Piranha and Snakehead, one of the best parts of owning this type of aggressive carnivorous fish is feeding time!