Pterodoras
Appearance
Pterodoras | |
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Pterodoras granulosus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Doradidae |
Subfamily: | Doradinae |
Genus: | Pterodoras Bleeker, 1862 |
Type species | |
Doras granulosus Valenciennes 1821
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Synonyms | |
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Pterodoras is a small genus of thorny catfishes native to tropical South America.
Species
[edit]There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Pterodoras granulosus (Valenciennes, 1821) (Granulated catfish)
- Pterodoras rivasi (Fernández-Yépez, 1950)
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pterodoras". FishBase. December 2011 version.