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Doras

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Doradidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Siluriformes

Genus
  
Doras Lacepède, 1803

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

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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):

  • 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

    Doras Wikipedia
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