Smaller species of Payara?

[Blue Crab of PAIN!!!!]

Hello everyone, I have a quick question to ask.

Are there any smaller species of "Payara" out there? In the future I'm thinking about getting an impressive predatory fish (with impressive dentition) but the common Payara varieties are all... big.


This site offhandedly mentions "There are a lot of smaller Payara and peixe-cachorro species present in the same areas and these usually makes better aquarium fish[FONT=inherit !important][FONT=inherit ! important][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=inherit !important][/FONT] for the normal aquarist."
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/predatory/payara.php

What would these smaller payara and peixecachorro species be?

Thanks in advance!

 

[mynheers_a_pint]

Not strictly 'Payara' but Cynodon Gibbus stay small and I would say are very close to the Hydrolycus we're all familiar with.

 

[West1]

Gibbus, Scomb and Ralph are your best bets for staying small. Only problem is their personalities are as small as they are when compared to Armatus

 

[mynheers_a_pint]

Gibbus, Scomb and Ralph are your best bets for staying small. Only problem is their personalities are as small as they are when compared to Armatus

Not sure I agree on the Rhaph and i'm certain Vamptev would corroborate. From what I remember of his posts, his was around 14-15" and had to be housed in a substantial tank/pond due to it's flightiness.

Charax Gibbosus was another worth norting though it might be a challenge to find someone selling them!

 

[Industrial]

Scombs reach 12" on average, and wild hydrolycus tatauaia reach 18" usually. Glass headstanders look like payara and reach 4-5".

I am also located in Buffalo, NY and I was debating ordering a box of 80ish glass headstanders for me and a few friends through work.

Nice to see another Buffalo MFKer!

 

[West1]

Not sure I agree on the Rhaph and i'm certain Vamptev would corroborate. From what I remember of his posts, his was around 14-15" and had to be housed in a substantial tank/pond due to it's flightiness.

Charax Gibbosus was another worth norting though it might be a challenge to find someone selling them!

Hah, your probably right. I know very little of the 3 species I posted except I've only seen pics of lil guys. I thought Ralphs were small but that sounds big to me haha

 

[Blue Crab of PAIN!!!!]

Thank you guys! This was exactly the kind of info I was looking for. Now It's just going to take me.... a while to actually act upon it