Trachydoras

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Trachydoras
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Doradidae
Genus: Trachydoras
Eigenmann, 1925
Binomial name

Trachydoras brevis
(Kner, 1853)
Trachydoras microstomus
(Eigenmann, 1912)
Trachydoras nattereri
(Steindachner, 1881)
Trachydoras paraguayensis
(Eigenmann & Ward, 1907)
Trachydoras steindachneri
(Perugia, 1897)

Trachydoras is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Doradidae. It includes five species, T. brevis, T. microstomus, T. nattereri, T. paraguayensis, T. steindachneri.[1]

Trachydoras species are distributed in South America. T. brevis originates from the Negro and Essequibo River basins.[2] T. microstomus inhabits the Amazon, Orinoco, and Essequibo River basins.[3] T. nattereri and T. steindachneri live in the Amazon River basin.[4][5] T. paraguayensis is found in the Paraná River basin.[6]

These species range have a maximum size of 6–11 centimetres (2.4–4.3 in) SL.[2][3][4][5][6]

[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 "Trachydoras brevis". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. June 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Trachydoras microstomus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. June 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  4. ^ a b "Trachydoras nattereri". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. June 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  5. ^ a b "Trachydoras steindachneri". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. June 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  6. ^ a b "Trachydoras paraguayensis". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. June 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
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