Megalodoras
Megalodoras is a small genus of thorny catfishes native to tropical South America.
| Megalodoras | |
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| Megalodoras uranoscopus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Doradidae |
| Subfamily: | Doradinae |
| Genus: | Megalodoras C. H. Eigenmann, 1925 |
| Type species | |
| Megalodoras irwini Eigenmann 1925 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Megalodoras guayoensis (Fernández-Yépez, 1968)
- Megalodoras uranoscopus (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Megalodoras in FishBase. December 2011 version.
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