This is my favorite fish.
Payara
Hydrolycus scomberoides
Visual Appearance
If a fish turned into a vampire
Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Chariciformes
Family: Synodotedae
Size
Length: 1-3.8 feet
Weight: 39lbs
Environment
Where Found: Amazon basin and tropical South America
Habitat: Rivers
Diet: Feeder fish, earth worms, and river shrimp
Factoids
- They are some of the few fish named vampire fish.
- They have really long teeth.
- They have holes in their upper jaws for the teeth.