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Scientific Name Rhinodoras thomersoni  Taphorn & Lilyestrom, 1984
Common Name
Type Locality Near El Congo, Río Catatumbo mouth, Estado Zulia, Venezuela.
Pronunciation rye no door ass
Etymology Rhinodoras: From the Greek rhinos, meaning nose, and doras, meaning skin (also a word commonly used in forming generic names for doradids); in reference to the unusual snout morphology. Revista Unellez de Ciencia y Tecnologia v. 2 (no. 2)
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Size 200mm or 7.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification Rhinodoras is distinguished from other Doradidae by the unique combination of traits. Colouration: Sides darkly mottled, usually with wide dark bars; light mid-lateral stripe absent; Mouth: Labial tissue well-developed, fleshy, considerably expanded at corners of mouth forming relatively thick and rounded flap-like extensions with entire margins, labial surfaces rugose with low, rounded and tightly spaced papillae, distal margin of lower lip curves around and appears draped over bases of outer and inner mental barbels, in some specimens nearly encircling the latter.

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Distribution South America: River basins along southwest shore of Lake Maracaibo (Santa Ana, Catatumbo and Escalante rivers).
Lake Maracaibo, Santa Ana (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Lake Maracaibo, Catatumbo (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Lake Maracaibo, Escalante (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2021.
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Breeding Unreported in the aquarium.
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Reference Revista Unellez de Ciencia y Tecnologia v. 2 (no. 2), pp 87, Figs. 1-3.
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Last Update 2014 Jun 22 10:20 (species record created: 2008 May 31 03:42)