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Aspidoras
Sign in to saveAspidoras is a genus of catfishes of the family Callichthyidae from Brazil.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyCallichthyidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded964
Aspidoras is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van de pantsermeervallen (Callichthyidae).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 24
- Family
- Callichthyidae
- Collections
- UMMZ, ANSP, CAS, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), MPEG, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Brasil, French Guiana
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Distribution
- In the aquarium
- References
Aspidoras is a genus of catfishes of the family Callichthyidae from Brazil.
==Taxonomy== The type species for this genus is Aspidoras rochai. The name Aspidoras is derived from the Greek aspis (shield) and dora (skin).
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