Platydoras costatus

Platydoras costatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Doradidae
Genus: Platydoras
Species: P. costatus
Binomial name
Platydoras costatus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Silurus costatus
    Linnaeus, 1758

Platydoras costatus is a species of catfish of the genus Platydoras. Although long thought to be the striped raphael catfish, this is not the case; the striped raphael catfish is actually Platydoras armatulus.[1]

References

  1. ^ Piorski, Nivaldo M.; Garavello, Julio C.; Arce H., Mariangeles; Pérez, Mark H. Sabaj (2008). "Platydoras brachylecis, a new species of thorny catfish (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from northeastern Brazil". Neotropical Ichthyology 6 (3): 481–494. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252008000300021.