Hemidoras

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Hemidoras
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Doradidae
Genus: Hemidoras
Bleeker, 1858
Binomial name
Hemidoras morrisi
Eigenmann, 1925
Hemidoras stenopeltis
(Kner, 1855)

Hemidoras is a small genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Doradidae. This genus contains two species, H. morrisi and H. stenopeltis.[1]

H. morrisi is found in the upper Amazon River basin and H. stenopeltis is distributed in the Amazon River basin.[2][3]

H. morrisi grows to a length of 14.0 centimetres (5.5 in) SL.[2] H. stenopeltis reaches a maximum size of 12.5 cm (4.9 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 "Hemidoras morrisi". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. June 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Hemidoras stenopeltis". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. June 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.