Hypodoras

Hypodoras forficulatus is the only species in the genus Hypodoras of the catfish (order Siluriformes) family Doradidae.[1] This species is endemic to Peru where it is found in the upper Amazon basin and reaches a length of 10.4 centimetres (4.1 in) SL.[2]

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

References

  1. "Hypodoras forficulatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 22, 2007.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Hypodoras forficulatus" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
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