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Acanthodoras
Sign in to saveAcanthodoras is a genus of thorny catfishes native to rivers of tropical South America.
Species
spiny catfish
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyDoradidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations6
Observations recorded553
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 81
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Doradidae
- Collections
- UMMZ, USNM, ANSP, AUM, CMN, ROM
- Recorded in
- Guyana, Brazil, Atabapo, Venezuela, Colombia, French Guiana, Maynas, Demerara
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Species
- Appearance and anatomy
- In the aquarium
- References
Acanthodoras is a genus of thorny catfishes native to rivers of tropical South America.
==Species== There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus: Acanthodoras cataphractus (Linnaeus, 1758) Acanthodoras depressus (Steindachner, 1881) Acanthodoras polygramma (Kner, 1853) Incertae sedis Acanthodoras spinosissimus (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888) (Talking catfish)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acanthodoras” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.