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Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Doras is a genus of thorny catfishes native to tropical South America.
Doras | |
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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 |
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]
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