Astrodoras asterifrons

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Astrodoras
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Doradidae
Subfamily: Astrodoradinae
Genus: Astrodoras
Bleeker, 1862
Species: A. asterifrons
Binomial name
Astrodoras asterifrons
(Kner, 1853)
Synonyms

Doras asterifrons
Kner, 1853

Astrodoras asterifrons is the only species in the genus Astrodoras of the catfish (order Siluriformes) family Doradidae.[1] This species originates from the Amazon River basin and reaches a length of about 8 centimetres (3 in).[2] This genus is the type genus of the subfamily Astrodoradinae.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Astrodoras asterifrons (TSN 681232). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on May 22, 2007.
  2. ^ "Astrodoras asterifrons". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  3. ^ Higuchi, Horácio; Birindelli, José L. O.; Sousa, Leandro M.; Britski, Heraldo A. (2007). "Merodoras nheco, new genus and species from Rio Paraguay basin, Brazil (Siluriformes, Doradidae), and nomination of the new subfamily Astrodoradinae" (PDF). Zootaxa 1446: 31–42. 
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