Doras

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

Doras
Doras dorsalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Doradidae
Subfamily: Doradinae
Genus: Doras
Lacepède, 1803
Type species
Silurus carinatus
Linnaeus, 1766
Synonyms

Mormyrostoma
A. Miranda Ribeiro, 1911

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus (three species - D. eigenmanni, D. fimbriatus and D. punctatus have recently been moved to the new genus Ossancora):[1]

Fossil species

  • Doras dioneae Sabaj Pérez, Aguilera & Lundberg, 2007 (Miocene)

References

  1. Birindelli, J.L.O. & Sabaj Pérez, M. (2011): "Ossancora, new genus of thorny catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Doradidae) with description of one new species". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 161: 117-152.


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