Doras
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyDoradidae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater
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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): 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
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Actinopterygii
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