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Doras
	Doras dorsalis
Scientific 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

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

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]

Doras carinatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Doras higuchii Sabaj Pérez & Birindelli, 2008
Doras micropoeus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
Doras phlyzakion Sabaj Pérez & Birindelli, 2008
Doras zuanoni Sabaj Pérez & Birindelli, 2008

Fossil species

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

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Doras". FishBase. December 2011 version.

^ 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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[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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+{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
-{{Taxobox
+{{Automatic taxobox
-| name = ''Doras''
+| image = PSM V68 D523 Doras dorsalis an encrusted catfish.png
-| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
+| image_caption = ''Doras dorsalis''
-| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
+| taxon = Doras
-| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]
+| authority = [[Bernard Germain de Lacépède|Lacepède]], 1803
-| ordo = [[Catfish|Siluriformes]]
+| type_species = ''Silurus carinatus''
-| familia = [[Doradidae]]
+| type_species_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1766
-| genus = '''''Doras'''''
+| synonyms = ''Mormyrostoma''<br/><small>A. Miranda Ribeiro, 1911</small>
-| genus_authority = [[Bernard Germain de Lacépède|Lacepède]], 1803
-| subdivision_ranks = Species
-| subdivision =
-*''[[Doras carinatus]]''
-*''[[Doras micropoeus]]''
-| synonyms =
-''Mormyrostoma''<br><small>Miranda Ribeiro, 1911</small>
 }}
+'''''Doras''''' is a [[genus]] of [[thorny catfish]]es native to [[tropical]] [[South America]].
-'''''Doras''''' is a small [[genus]] of [[catfish]]es ([[order (biology)|order]] Siluriformes) of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Doradidae]]. This genus contains two extant species, ''D. carinatus'' and ''D. micropoeus''.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf|title=Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types|first=Carl J., Jr.|last=Ferraris|journal=[[Zootaxa]]|volume=1418|pages=1–628|year=2007|format=[[PDF]]}}</ref>
-==Distribution==
+== 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]]''):<ref>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.</ref>
-''Doras'' species are distributed in [[South America]]. ''D. carinatus'' inhabits the [[Essequibo River]] basin and other coastal drainages east to the mouth of the [[Amazon River]], and is possibly in lower Amazon and lower [[Orinoco River]] basins.<ref name=carinatus>{{FishBase species|genus=Doras|species=carinatus|year=2007|month=June}}</ref> ''D. micropoeus'' is found in the Essequibo, [[Demerara River|Demerara]] and [[Courantyne River]] basins and possibly other coastal drainages east to mouth of Amazon River.<ref name=micropoeus>{{FishBase species|genus=Doras|species=micropoeus|year=2007|month=June}}</ref>
+* ''[[Doras carinatus]]'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1766)</small>
+* ''[[Doras higuchii]]'' <small>[[Mark Henry Sabaj Pérez|Sabaj Pérez]] & [[José Luis Olivan Birindelli|Birindelli]], 2008</small>
-==Description==
+* ''[[Doras micropoeus]]'' <small>([[Carl H. Eigenmann|C. H. Eigenmann]], 1912)</small>
-''D. carinatus'' grows to a length of 30&nbsp;centimetres (12&nbsp;in) [[fish measurement|SL]].<ref name=carinatus/> ''D. micropoeus'' reaches a maximum size of 35&nbsp;cm (14&nbsp;in) SL.<ref name=micropoeus/>
+* ''[[Doras phlyzakion]]'' <small>[[Mark Henry Sabaj Pérez|Sabaj Pérez]] & [[José Luis Olivan Birindelli|Birindelli]], 2008</small>
+* ''[[Doras zuanoni]]'' <small>[[Mark Henry Sabaj Pérez|Sabaj Pérez]] & [[José Luis Olivan Birindelli|Birindelli]], 2008</small>
-''D. carinatus'' can emit sounds by moving its [[pectoral fin|pectoral spines]]. Every basic unit of sound emitted lasts for 60–70 [[millisecond]]s, with a [[frequency]] of 60–90 [[hertz]] corresponding to the reply frequency of the [[muscle]]s utilized.<ref name=carinatus/>
 ==Fossil species==
-*†''[[Doras dioneae]]'' ([[Miocene]])
+*[[extinct|†]]''[[Doras dioneae]]'' <small>Sabaj Pérez, Aguilera & Lundberg, 2007</small> ([[Miocene]])
 ==References==
+* {{FishBase genus | genus = Doras| month = December | year = 2011}}
 <references/>
+{{Taxonbar|from=Q5297529}}
 [[Category:Doradidae]]
 [[Category:Fish of South America]]
-[[Category:Fauna of the Amazon]]
+[[Category:Fish of the Amazon basin]]
+[[Category:Catfish genera]]
+[[Category:Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède]]
+[[Category:Freshwater fish genera]]
+{{Doradidae-stub}}