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

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Within Vinony's link graph, Megalodoras is referenced by 3 other articles, and connects out to Doradidae, South America and Animalia.

It sits within the topics Catfish genera, Catfish of South America and Doradidae.

Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderSiluriformes
  5. FamilyDoradidae
Habitatfreshwater

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Specimen records
12
Family
Doradidae
Collections
CAS, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), INHS, ANSP, CUMV
Recorded in
Brazil, Brasil, Peru, Altamira

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

== Species == There are currently two recognized species in this genus: Megalodoras guayoensis (Fernández-Yépez, 1968) Megalodoras uranoscopus (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888)

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