Doras higuchii • Doradidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Doras higuchii** Sabaj Pérez & Birindelli, 2008
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Rio Curuám (Iriri-Xingu Drainage), near town of Castelo dos Sonhos, 8°19'07''S, 55°05'23''W, Altamira Municipality, Pará, Brazil.
Pronunciation	DOOR ass
Etymology	Uncertainty surrounds the origin of this genus name which means either "armour" or "dagger". The fishes in this group have both sharp fins (which can be called dagger-like) and armour. Species named in honour of Horácio Higuchi.
Species Information
Size	241mm (9.5") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Doras are distinguished among Doradidae by a unique combination of three characteristics exhibited by the postcleithral process.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: lower Amazon tributaries. Amazon, Lower Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 157
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2012 Dec 26 18:39 (species record created: 2008 Dec 28 09:35)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Doras higuchii Sabaj Pérez & Birindelli, 2008

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Rio Curuám (Iriri-Xingu Drainage), near town of Castelo dos Sonhos, 8°19'07''S, 55°05'23''W, Altamira Municipality, Pará, Brazil.

Pronunciation

DOOR ass

Etymology

Uncertainty surrounds the origin of this genus name which means either "armour" or "dagger". The fishes in this group have both sharp fins (which can be called dagger-like) and armour. Species named in honour of Horácio Higuchi.

Species Information

Size

241mm (9.5") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

Doras are distinguished among Doradidae by a unique combination of three characteristics exhibited by the postcleithral process.

Habitat Information

Distribution

South America: lower Amazon tributaries.
Amazon, Lower Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there)