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| image = PSM V68 D523 Doras dorsalis an encrusted catfish.png
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| image_caption = ''Doras dorsalis''
| taxon = Doras
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| authority = [[Bernard Germain de Lacépède|Lacepède]], 1803
| authority = [[Bernard Germain de Lacépède|Lacepède]], 1803
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== Species ==
== 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>
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 carinatus]]'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1766)</small>
* ''[[Doras carinatus]]'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1766)</small>
* ''[[Doras higuchii]]'' <small>[[Mark Henry Sabaj Pérez|Sabaj Pérez]] & [[José Luis Olivan Birindelli|Birindelli]], 2008</small>
* ''[[Doras higuchii]]'' <small>[[Mark Henry Sabaj Pérez|Sabaj Pérez]] & [[José Luis Olivan Birindelli|Birindelli]], 2008</small>
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[[Category:Doradidae]]
[[Category:Doradidae]]
[[Category:Fish of South America]]
[[Category:Fish of South America]]
[[Category:Fauna of the Amazon]]
[[Category:Fish of the Amazon basin]]
[[Category:Catfish genera]]
[[Category:Catfish genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède]]
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Latest revision as of 01:07, 15 August 2024

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

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

Species

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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

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References

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