Amblydoras
| Amblydoras | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Doradidae |
| Subfamily: | Astrodoradinae |
| Genus: | Amblydoras Bleeker, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Doras affinis Kner 1855
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| Synonyms | |
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Amblydoras is a genus of thorny catfishes native to rivers in tropical South America.
Amblydoras is one of several genera classified within the subfamily Astrodoradinae.[1]
Amblydoras species range from about 7.5–10.2 centimetres (3–4 in) SL.[2]
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Amblydoras affinis (Kner, 1855)
- Amblydoras gonzalezi (Fernández-Yépez, 1968)
- Amblydoras monitor (Cope, 1872)
- Amblydoras nauticus (Cope, 1874)
- Amblydoras nheco (Higuchi, Birindelli, Sousa & Britski, 2007)
References
- ^ Higuchi, Horácio; Birindelli, José L. O.; Sousa, Leandro M.; Britski, Heraldo A. (2007). "Merodoras nheco, new genus and species from Rio Paraguay basin, Brazil (Siluriformes, Doradidae), and nomination of the new subfamily Astrodoradinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1446: 31–42. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1446.1.3. S2CID 86157696.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Amblydoras". FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Amblydoras". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 October 2025.