Amblydoras nauticus

Amblydoras nauticus, the marbled talking catfish or marbled raphael catfish, is a species of thorny catfish endemic to Peru where it is found in the upper Amazon basin.[1] This species grows to a length of 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) SL.[2]

Amblydoras nauticus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Doradidae
Genus: Amblydoras
Species:
A. nauticus
Binomial name
Amblydoras nauticus
(Cope, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Zathorax nauticus Cope, 1874
  • Anadoras nauticus (Cope, 1874)

It is often found in the aquarium trade where commonly mislabelled as "'Amblydoras hancockii" (a synonym of another species, Platydoras hancockii).[1][3]

References

  1. "Amblydoras nauticus". Planetcatfish. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Amblydoras nauticus" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
  3. "Amblydoras nauticus". SeriouslyFish. Retrieved 25 July 2018.


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