Oxydoras sifontesi • Doradidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Oxydoras sifontesi** Fernández-Yépez, 1968
Common Name(s)	Black Talking Catfish
Type Locality	Lake 'El Medio', Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela.
Synonym(s)	Hildadoras orinocensis, Pseudodoras holdeni
Etymology	Oxydoras: From the Greek oxys, meaning sharp and doras, meaning skin (also a word commonly used in forming generic names for doradids); in reference to the elongate snout.
Species Information
Size	700mm (27.6") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Orinoco River basin. Orinoco (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	Bol. Inst. Oceanogr. Univ. Oriente, Cumanav. 7 (no. 1) - pp54 - Figs. 24-26
Registered Keepers	(1) Attu, (2) miles44, (3) coelacanth, (4) Junttis. 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.
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Oxydoras sifontesi Fernández-Yépez, 1968

Common Name(s)

Black Talking Catfish

Type Locality

Lake 'El Medio', Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela.

Synonym(s)

Hildadoras orinocensis, Pseudodoras holdeni

Etymology

Oxydoras: From the Greek oxys, meaning sharp and doras, meaning skin (also a word commonly used in forming generic names for doradids); in reference to the elongate snout.

Species Information

Size

700mm (27.6") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Habitat Information

Distribution

South America: Orinoco River basin.
Orinoco (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

Bol. Inst. Oceanogr. Univ. Oriente, Cumanav. 7 (no. 1) - pp54 - Figs. 24-26

Registered Keepers

(1) Attu, (2) miles44, (3) coelacanth, (4) Junttis.

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Breeding Reports

None.