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 Family Overview | |
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| Pronounced | Door ADD Iday |
| Features | Row of barbed scutes or plates along flank. Dorsal and pectoral fins have a leading, hard, spine-like ray. |
| Distribution | South America |
| Common Names | Thorny, Talking or Raphael Catfish |
| Size | Smallest 22mm, largest 1000mm, average 210mm, most commonly 200mm. All SL. |
| Species | There are 104 "species" in 31 genera in the database |
| Keepers | 56 species (53%) are being kept by registered keepers |
| Breeders | 2 "species" (1.9%) are being bred. |
| Subfamilies in Doradidae (by species) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Doradinae | 72 species | (69%) |
| 2. | Astrodoradinae | 13 species | (13%) |
| 3. | Rhinodoradinae | 11 species | (11%) |
| 4. | Wertheimerinae | 3 species | (3%) |
| 5. | Wertheimerinae | 3 species | (3%) |
| 6. | Agamyxinae | 2 species | (2%) |
| Top Five Genera (by keepers) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Platydoras | 6 species | (391 keepers) |
| 2. | Agamyxis | 2 species | (236 keepers) |
| 3. | Megalodoras | 2 species | (70 keepers) |
| 4. | Oxydoras | 3 species | (59 keepers) |
| 5. | Acanthodoras | 5 species | (43 keepers) |
| Distribution of Doradidae | |
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| Most Kept Species | ||
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| 1. | Platydoras armatulus | (35.37%) |
| 2. | Agamyxis pectinifrons | (21.45%) |
| 3. | Megalodoras uranoscopus | (6.49%) |
| 4. | Oxydoras niger | (5.17%) |
| 5. | Hassar orestis | (3.2%) |
| 6. | Amblydoras nauticus | (2.92%) |
| 7. | Acanthodoras cataphractus | (2.82%) |
| 8. | Orinocodoras eigenmanni | (2.63%) |
| 9. | Pterodoras granulosus | (2.54%) |
| 10. | Ossancora punctata | (1.51%) |
| 11. | Rhinodoras dorbignyi | (1.13%) |
| 12. | Wertheimeria maculata | (0.85%) |
| 13. | Acanthodoras spinosissimus | (0.85%) |
| 14. | Nemadoras elongatus | (0.75%) |
| 15. | Agamyxis albomaculatus | (0.75%) |
| 16. | Platydoras costatus | (0.66%) |
| 17. | Anadoras grypus | (0.66%) |
| 18. | Physopyxis lyra | (0.56%) |
| 19. | Lithodoras dorsalis | (0.56%) |
| 20. | Hemidoras stuebelii | (0.56%) |
| 21. | Tenellus leporhinus | (0.47%) |
| 22. | Rhynchodoras woodsi | (0.47%) |
| 23. | Rhinodoras boehlkei | (0.47%) |
| 24. | Ossancora eigenmanni | (0.47%) |
| 25. | Tenellus trimaculatus | (0.38%) |
| Alphabetic Species List (Chronological | Most Kept | Most Bred) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Acanthodoras cataphractus | (i:9, k:30, b:0) |
| 2. | Acanthodoras depressus | (i:2, k:0, b:0) |
| 3. | Acanthodoras sp. (1) | (i:2, k:1, b:0) |
| 4. | Acanthodoras sp. (2) | (i:3, k:3, b:0) |
| 5. | Acanthodoras spinosissimus | (i:3, k:9, b:1) |
| 6. | Agamyxis albomaculatus | (i:1, k:8, b:0) |
| 7. | Agamyxis pectinifrons | (i:21, k:228, b:0) |
| 8. | Amblydoras affinis | (i:3, k:4, b:0) |
| 9. | Amblydoras gonzalezi | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 10. | Amblydoras monitor | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 11. | Amblydoras nauticus | (i:23, k:31, b:1) |
| 12. | Amblydoras nheco | (i:2, k:0, b:0) |
| 13. | Anadoras grypus | (i:11, k:7, b:0) |
| 14. | Anadoras insculptus | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 15. | Anadoras regani | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 16. | Anadoras sp. `ARAGUAIA` | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 17. | Anadoras weddellii | (i:5, k:2, b:0) |
| 18. | Anduzedoras oxyrhynchus | (i:5, k:0, b:0) |
| 19. | Astrodoras asterifrons | (i:5, k:1, b:0) |
| 20. | Centrochir birindellii | (i:5, k:1, b:0) |
| 21. | Centrochir crocodili | (i:1, k:1, b:0) |
| 22. | Centrodoras brachiatus | (i:8, k:3, b:0) |
| 23. | Centrodoras hasemani | (i:7, k:2, b:0) |
| 24. | Doraops zuloagai | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 25. | Doras carinatus | (i:6, k:0, b:0) |
| 26. | Doras higuchii | (i:2, k:0, b:0) |
| 27. | Doras micropoeus | (i:2, k:0, b:0) |
| 28. | Doras phlyzakion | (i:6, k:0, b:0) |
| 29. | Doras zuanoni | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 30. | Franciscodoras marmoratus | (i:7, k:3, b:0) |
| 31. | Hassar affinis | (i:2, k:1, b:0) |
| 32. | Hassar gabiru | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 33. | Hassar orestis | (i:13, k:34, b:0) |
| 34. | Hassar shewellkeimi | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 35. | Hassar wilderi | (i:13, k:4, b:0) |
| 36. | Hemidoras boulengeri | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 37. | Hemidoras morei | (i:3, k:2, b:0) |
| 38. | Hemidoras morrisi | (i:3, k:3, b:0) |
| 39. | Hemidoras stenopeltis | (i:18, k:1, b:0) |
| 40. | Hemidoras stuebelii | (i:7, k:6, b:0) |
| 41. | Hypodoras forficulatus | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 42. | Kalyptodoras bahiensis | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 43. | Leptodoras acipenserinus | (i:0, k:2, b:0) |
| 44. | Leptodoras cataniai | (i:3, k:0, b:0) |
| 45. | Leptodoras cf. cataniai`rio nanay` | (i:9, k:3, b:0) |
| 46. | Leptodoras copei | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 47. | Leptodoras hasemani | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 48. | Leptodoras juruensis | (i:13, k:2, b:0) |
| 49. | Leptodoras linnelli | (i:3, k:1, b:0) |
| 50. | Leptodoras marki | (i:2, k:0, b:0) |
| 51. | Leptodoras myersi | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 52. | Leptodoras nelsoni | (i:3, k:0, b:0) |
| 53. | Leptodoras oyakawai | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 54. | Leptodoras praelongus | (i:3, k:0, b:0) |
| 55. | Leptodoras rogersae | (i:3, k:0, b:0) |
| 56. | Lithodoras dorsalis | (i:10, k:6, b:0) |
| 57. | Megalodoras guayoensis | (i:1, k:1, b:0) |
| 58. | Megalodoras uranoscopus | (i:16, k:69, b:0) |
| 59. | Nemadoras elongatus | (i:6, k:8, b:0) |
| 60. | Nemadoras hemipeltis | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 61. | Nemadoras humeralis | (i:3, k:1, b:0) |
| 62. | Orinocodoras eigenmanni | (i:13, k:28, b:0) |
| 63. | Ossancora asterophysa | (i:2, k:0, b:0) |
| 64. | Ossancora eigenmanni | (i:5, k:5, b:0) |
| 65. | Ossancora fimbriata | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 66. | Ossancora punctata | (i:14, k:16, b:0) |
| 67. | Oxydoras kneri | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 68. | Oxydoras niger | (i:20, k:55, b:0) |
| 69. | Oxydoras sifontesi | (i:3, k:4, b:0) |
| 70. | Physopyxis ananas | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 71. | Physopyxis cristata | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 72. | Physopyxis lyra | (i:6, k:6, b:0) |
| 73. | Platydoras armatulus | (i:24, k:376, b:0) |
| 74. | Platydoras brachylecis | (i:3, k:2, b:0) |
| 75. | Platydoras cf. birindelli | (i:6, k:0, b:0) |
| 76. | Platydoras costatus | (i:5, k:7, b:0) |
| 77. | Platydoras hancockii | (i:4, k:3, b:0) |
| 78. | Platydoras sp. `MARONI` | (i:3, k:3, b:0) |
| 79. | Pterodoras granulosus | (i:20, k:27, b:0) |
| 80. | Pterodoras rivasi | (i:2, k:0, b:0) |
| 81. | Rhinodoras armbrusteri | (i:2, k:4, b:0) |
| 82. | Rhinodoras boehlkei | (i:17, k:5, b:0) |
| 83. | Rhinodoras dorbignyi | (i:8, k:12, b:0) |
| 84. | Rhinodoras gallagheri | (i:8, k:3, b:0) |
| 85. | Rhinodoras sp. `MANACACIAS` | (i:4, k:0, b:0) |
| 86. | Rhinodoras sp. `TOCANTINS XINGU` | (i:7, k:1, b:0) |
| 87. | Rhinodoras thomersoni | (i:6, k:0, b:0) |
| 88. | Rhynchodoras castilloi | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 89. | Rhynchodoras woodsi | (i:13, k:5, b:0) |
| 90. | Rhynchodoras xingui | (i:3, k:0, b:0) |
| 91. | Scorpiodoras bolivarensis | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 92. | Scorpiodoras heckelii | (i:2, k:0, b:0) |
| 93. | Scorpiodoras liophysus | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 94. | Tenellus cristinae | (i:6, k:2, b:0) |
| 95. | Tenellus leporhinus | (i:8, k:5, b:0) |
| 96. | Tenellus ternetzi | (i:5, k:1, b:0) |
| 97. | Tenellus trimaculatus | (i:5, k:4, b:0) |
| 98. | Trachydoras brevis | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 99. | Trachydoras gepharti | (i:3, k:0, b:0) |
| 100. | Trachydoras microstomus | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 101. | Trachydoras nattereri | (i:8, k:2, b:0) |
| 102. | Trachydoras paraguayensis | (i:4, k:0, b:0) |
| 103. | Trachydoras steindachneri | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 104. | Wertheimeria maculata | (i:11, k:9, b:0) |