Cynodontidae

Hydrolycus sp.

The Wolfssalmler (. Cynodontidae, Gr: " kyon " - " onos " = dog " Odous " = tooth) or Säbelzahnsalmler are 28 centimeters to over a meter long predatory fish in the river systems of the Amazon, the Orinoco, and in the rivers the three Guyanas live. Only one species lives in Paraná ( Rhaphiodon vulpinus ).

Features

Wolfssalmler 28 centimeters to over a meter long. They fall mainly by two elongated in some species saber -like fangs in the lower jaw. Your mouth is constantly above the pectoral fins are relatively long. Wolfssalmler are proven fossil since the Miocene.

System

  • Family Wolfssalmler ( Cynodontidae ) genus Cynodon Cynodon gibbus
  • Cynodon meionactis
  • Cynodon septenarius
  • Hydrolycus armatus
  • Hydrolycus scomberoides
  • Hydrolycus tatauaia
  • Hydrolycus wallacei
  • Rhaphiodon vulpinus
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