Pterodoras
Sign in to savePterodoras is a small genus of thorny catfishes native to tropical South America.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyDoradidae
Habitatfreshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 25
- Family
- Doradidae
- Collections
- CUMV, CAS, LACM, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), FMNH, MPEG
- Recorded in
- Peru, Brasil, Uruguay, Brazil, Maynas, Bresil
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Pterodoras is a small genus of thorny catfishes native to tropical South America.
==Species== There are currently two recognized species in this genus: Pterodoras granulosus (Valenciennes, 1821) (Granulated catfish) Pterodoras rivasi (Fernández-Yépez, 1950)
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