Megalodoras

Megalodoras is a small genus of thorny catfishes native to tropical South America.

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GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderSiluriformes
FamilyDoradidae

Habitatfreshwater

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Specimen records: 12
Family: Doradidae
Collections: CAS, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), INHS, ANSP, CUMV
Recorded in: Brazil, Brasil, Peru, Altamira

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Doradidae
Image: Megalodoras uranoscopus.jpg

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taxon name: Megalodoras
taxon rank: genus
topic's main category: Category:Megalodoras
Commons category: Megalodoras

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Megalodoras is a small genus of thorny catfishes native to tropical South America.

== Species == There are currently two recognized species in this genus: Megalodoras guayoensis (Fernández-Yépez, 1968) Megalodoras uranoscopus (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888)

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