Centrodoras

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Centrodoras
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Doradidae
Genus: Centrodoras
Eigenmann, 1925
Binomial name
Centrodoras brachiatus
(Cope, 1872)
Centrodoras hasemani
(Steindachner, 1915)

Centrodoras is a small genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Doradidae. This genus contains two species, C. brachiatus and C. hasemani.[1]

[edit] Distribution

C. brachiatus is distributed throughout the Amazon River basin with the exception of the Rio Negro; conversely, C. hasemani lives only in the Rio Negro basin.[2][3]

[edit] Description

C. brachiatus grows to 41 centimetres (16 in) TL.[2] C. hasemani reaches a length of 21 cm (8 in) SL.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. 
  2. ^ a b "Centrodoras brachiatus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. June 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Centrodoras hasemani". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. June 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
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