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Doras
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyDoradidae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 100
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Doradidae
- Collections
- CAS, TCWC, UMMZ, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), USNM, INHS
- Recorded in
- Guyana, Bolivia, Venezuela, Brasil, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, [England; U.K.]
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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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