Megalodoras

Megalodoras is a small genus of thorny catfishes native to tropical South America.

Megalodoras
Megalodoras uranoscopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Doradidae
Subfamily: Doradinae
Genus: Megalodoras
C. H. Eigenmann, 1925
Type species
Megalodoras irwini
Eigenmann 1925
Synonyms
  • Hoplodoras
    Eigenmann, 1925
  • Deltadoras
    Fernández-Yépez, 1968

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Megalodoras in FishBase. December 2011 version.
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