/siluriformes/doradidae/acanthodoras/depressus/1.jpg "Acanthodoras depressus")
/siluriformes/doradidae/acanthodoras/depressus/2.jpg "Acanthodoras depressus")
Holotype
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Acanthodoras depressus (Steindachner, 1881) |
| Common Name | Talking Catfish |
| Type Locality | Lago Aleixo rapids in the middle of the Amazon River. |
| Synonym(s) | Doras depressus |
| Pronunciation | ah KAN tho door ass |
| Etymology | Acanthodoras: From the Greek akantha, meaning thorn, and doras, meaning skin (also a word commonly used in forming generic names for doradids); in reference to the spines on the bony scutes along the lateral line. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 81mm or 3.2" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | The only genus of doradid with a fully rounded caudal fin. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Amazon and Negro River basins. Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Not Evaluated |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Compatibility | Usually peaceful but there has been one report of large specimens fighting with congeners to the point of poisoning each other. |
| Breeding | Unreported in the aquarium. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 43, pp103 [3], Pl. 1 (figs. 3-3a). |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is but a single record of this fish being seen, view it. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.12.38.4012 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 11:59 (species record created: 2011 Sep 24 09:06) |