/siluriformes/doradidae/agamyxis/albomaculatus/1.jpg "Agamyxis albomaculatus")
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Agamyxis albomaculatus (Peters, 1877) |
| Common Name | Spotted Dora |
| Type Locality | Calabozo, Venezuela. |
| Synonym(s) | Doras albomaculatus |
| Pronunciation | al bow mak you lah tuss |
| Etymology | Agamyxis: From the Greek agan, meaning much, and myxa, meaning mucus; in reference to the mucus produced by the fish. Albo, white and maculatus, spotted means "White spotted". |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 150mm or 5.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | A. pectinifrons and A. albomaculatus cannot be reliably told apart without dissection (which shows differences in the number of gas bladder tendrils). |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Orinoco River basin. Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1877, pp 470. |
| Registered Keepers | There are 8 registered keepers, view all "my cats" data. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 3 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
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| Search for A. albomaculatus | |
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 | Look up A. albomaculatus on Encyclopedia of Life |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.12.109.881 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 11:59 (species record created: 2006 Aug 01 07:58) |
