Oxydoras
Sign in to saveOxydoras is a genus of thorny catfishes native to tropical South America.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyDoradidae
Habitatfreshwater
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- Specimen records
- 26
- Family
- Doradidae
- Collections
- USNM, CUMV, ANSP, CAS, MPEG, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Suriname, Brasil, Venezuela, Guyana, N/A
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Oxydoras is a genus of thorny catfishes native to tropical South America.
== Species == There are currently three recognized species in this genus: Oxydoras kneri Bleeker, 1862 Oxydoras niger (Valenciennes, 1821) (Ripsaw catfish) Oxydoras sifontesi Fernández-Yépez, 1968
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