Rhynchodoras woodsi • Doradidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Rhynchodoras woodsi** Glodek, 1976
Common Name(s)	Parrot Doradid
Type Locality	Eastern Ecuador
Pronunciation	rink oh door add - woods eye
Etymology	Rhynchodoras: From the Greek rhynchos, meaning nose, and doras, meaning skin (also a word commonly used in forming generic names for doradids); in refeence to the unusual snout morphology.
Species Information
Size	110mm (4.3") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	This species was considered extremely rare as late as 1992; at this time only 3 specimens were known from museum collections (the types of the two known species).> The ichthyological discovery of Rhynchodoras actually dates back 150 years and is attributable to the British naturalist-explorer Alfred R. Wallace. From 1850-1852 Wallace traveled up the Río Negro in search of its headwaters and those of the Río Orinoco. During this expedition Wallace took notes on and prepared detailed drawings of the fishes collected. Although his collections were lost at sea, many of his notes and illustrations survived and are currently at the British Museum of Natural History. Notes that accompany Wallace's illustration of a species of Rhinodoras (originally labeled ''Doras'' and numbered 175) include the following comments (transcribed by M. Toledo-Piza Ragazzo): ''In a small specimen very closely resembling this [illustration of Rhinodoras] in all other particulars - the head is higher towards the snout which turns down and is produced in a sort of proboscis which is received in a ___ of ___ formed by the produced lower lip - the teeth are similar but are also continued in a row round the margin of each lip - perhaps this is the male - the above [Rhinodoras] being the female.'' This description was certainly based on a specimen of Rhynchodoras, the only doradid genus in which the snout ends in a vertically-oriented bill or ''proboscis'' formed by the upper and lower jaws.
Sexing	Unknown
Habitat Information
Distribution	Eastern Ecuador and Peru (the Rio Itaya at Iquitos) Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón, Pastaza (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
pH	5.8 - 7.0
Temperature	24.0-26.0°C or 75.2-78.8°F (Show others within this range)
Other Parameters	Appears to prefer a good but not strong water current.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Will eventually recognise and accept a variety of prepared foods, even flake, but is best acclimatized using frozen brineshrimp.
Furniture	Has a real affinity for wood. Much prefers to cram itself into dark places under bogwood than stone or plant.
Compatibility	A very peaceful fish, one of the most timid of the doradids.
Suggested Tankmates	As long as they are not too boisterous and preferably not nocturnal, this species will get on with most as it is active at night.
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Copeia 1976 (no. 1), pp44, Figs. 1-2.
Registered Keepers	(1) lazymf, (2) M.O.F.. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.
Breeding Reports	None.
Articles	- CotM 2005 September
	Search Planet Catfish for more on Rhynchodoras woodsi
	Look up Rhynchodoras woodsi on AquaticRepublic.com
BBCode	(for use in linking to this page from forum posts)
	(for use in linking to the species from anywhere on the web)
	Look up Rhynchodoras woodsi on Fishbase
	Get or print a QR code for this species profile, or try our BETA label creator.
Hits	12820 hits.
Last Update	2013 Feb 10 16:05 (species record created: 2001 May 04 00:00)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Rhynchodoras woodsi Glodek, 1976

Common Name(s)

Parrot Doradid

Type Locality

Eastern Ecuador

Pronunciation

rink oh door add - woods eye

Etymology

Rhynchodoras: From the Greek rhynchos, meaning nose, and doras, meaning skin (also a word commonly used in forming generic names for doradids); in refeence to the unusual snout morphology.

Species Information

Size

110mm (4.3") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

This species was considered extremely rare as late as 1992; at this time only 3 specimens were known from museum collections (the types of the two known species).>
The ichthyological discovery of Rhynchodoras actually dates back 150 years and is attributable to the British naturalist-explorer Alfred R. Wallace. From 1850-1852 Wallace traveled up the Río Negro in search of its headwaters and those of the Río Orinoco. During this expedition Wallace took notes on and prepared detailed drawings of the fishes collected. Although his collections were lost at sea, many of his notes and illustrations survived and are currently at the British Museum of Natural History. Notes that accompany Wallace's illustration of a species of Rhinodoras (originally labeled ''Doras'' and numbered 175) include the following comments (transcribed by M. Toledo-Piza Ragazzo): ''In a small specimen very closely resembling this [illustration of Rhinodoras] in all other particulars - the head is higher towards the snout which turns down and is produced in a sort of proboscis which is received in a ___ of ___ formed by the produced lower lip - the teeth are similar but are also continued in a row round the margin of each lip - perhaps this is the male - the above [Rhinodoras] being the female.'' This description was certainly based on a specimen of Rhynchodoras, the only doradid genus in which the snout ends in a vertically-oriented bill or ''proboscis'' formed by the upper and lower jaws.

Sexing

Unknown

Habitat Information

Distribution

Eastern Ecuador and Peru (the Rio Itaya at Iquitos)
Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón, Pastaza (click on these areas to find other species found there)

(Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)

5.8 - 7.0

Temperature

24.0-26.0°C or 75.2-78.8°F (Show others within this range)

Other Parameters

Appears to prefer a good but not strong water current.

Husbandry Information

Feeding

Will eventually recognise and accept a variety of prepared foods, even flake, but is best acclimatized using frozen brineshrimp.

Furniture

Has a real affinity for wood. Much prefers to cram itself into dark places under bogwood than stone or plant.

Compatibility

A very peaceful fish, one of the most timid of the doradids.

Suggested Tankmates

As long as they are not too boisterous and preferably not nocturnal, this species will get on with most as it is active at night.

Breeding

Unreported.

Further Information

References

Copeia 1976 (no. 1), pp44, Figs. 1-2.

Registered Keepers

(1) lazymf, (2) M.O.F..

Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.

Breeding Reports

None.

Articles