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Silver Payara
Cynodon septenarius
Cynodon septenarius, the silver paraya, is one of three species of dogtooth characins in the genus Cynodon. It is the most recently described member of its genus. This fish is found in tropical fresh waters of South America, including the Amazon and Orinoco basins, and rivers in Guyana.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 612367.