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Hydrolycus scomberoides (Cuvier, 1819)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Characiformes
family
Cynodontidae
genus
Hydrolycus
species
Hydrolycus scomberoides

Name

Synonyms
Cynodon pectoralis Günther, 1866
Hydrocynus scomberoides Cuvier, 1816
Hydrocyon scomberoides Cuvier, 1819
Hydrolicus scomberoides (Cuvier, 1819)
Hydrolycus pectoralis (Günther, 1866)
Homonyms
Hydrolycus scomberoides (Cuvier, 1819)
Common names
Cachorra in Portuguese
Cachorro in Portuguese
Chambira in Spanish
Dientón in Spanish
Gata in Portuguese
Huapeta in Spanish
Huntsalmler in Estonian
Makrellignende vandhund in Danish
Mustasusitetra in Finnish
Paraya in Portuguese
Payara in English
Peixe cachorro in Portuguese
Peixe-cachorra in Portuguese
Pirandirá in Portuguese
Piranha in Portuguese
Saranha do rabo amarelo in Portuguese
Siipisusitetra in Finnish
Tuun-susisalmler in Estonian
Vampire Tetra in English
Wolfsalmler in German
pajara in Polish
zubatice makrelová in Czech
Скумбревидный гидролик in Russian
ปลาสคอมบิรอยด์ in Thai
ペーシュ・カショーロ in Japanese
似鯖水狼脂鯉 in language.
似鲭水狼脂鲤 in language.
大胸水狼脂鯉 in language.
大胸水狼脂鲤 in language.
Payara in English
Cachorra in Portuguese
Dientón in Spanish
Gata in Portuguese
Huapeta in Spanish
Pirandirá in Portuguese

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Galvis, G., Sánchez-Duarte, P., Mesa-Salazar, L., López-Pinto, Y., Gutiérrez-E, M., Gutiérrez-Cortéz, Á., Castaño, M., Castellanos, C. 2007. Peces de la Amazonía colombiana con énfasis en especies de interés ornamental. Incoder, 489p.
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  5. Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A., R. P. Vari y J. S. Usma. (2008). Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia. Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 143-237.
  6. Mojica, J. I., G. Galvis, F. Arbeláez, M. Santos, S. Vejarano, E. Prieto-Piraquive, M. Arce, P. Sánchez-Duarte, C. Castellanos, A. Gutiérrez, S.R. Duque, J. Lobón-Cerviá & C. Granado-Lorencio. 2005. Peces de la cuenca del río Amazonas en Colombia: Región de Leticia. Biota Colombiana 6 (2): 191-210.
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