Hydrolycus
| Hydrolycus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Cynodontidae |
| Genus: | Hydrolycus (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844) |
Hydrolycus is a genus of dogtooth characins from tropical South America. There are currently four described species.
Species
- Hydrolycus armatus (Jardine, 1841)
- Hydrolycus scomberoides (G. Cuvier, 1819) (Payara)
- Hydrolycus tatauaia (Toledo-Piza, Menezes & dos Santos, 1999)
- Hydrolycus wallacei (Toledo-Piza, Menezes & dos Santos, 1999)
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Hydrolycus in FishBase. October 2011 version.