Hypodoras forficulatus

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Hypodoras forficulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Doradidae
Subfamily: Astrodoradinae
Genus: Hypodoras
Eigenmann, 1925
Species: H. forficulatus
Binomial name
Hypodoras forficulatus
Eigenmann, 1925

Hypodoras forficulatus is the only species in the genus Hypodoras of the catfish (order Siluriformes) family Doradidae.[1] This species originates from the upper Amazon River basin and reaches a length of about 10.4 centimetres (4 in).[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hypodoras forficulatus (TSN 681246). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on May 22, 2007.
  2. ^ "Hypodoras forficulatus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
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