Platydoras

Taxobox
name = "Platydoras"


image_caption = "Platydoras costatus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Doradidae
genus = "Platydoras"
genus_authority = Bleeker, 1862
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="P. armatulus"
"P. brachylecis"
"P. costatus"
"P. hancockii"

"Platydoras" is a small genus of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Doradidae. It includes four species, "P. armatulus", "P. brachylecis", "P. costatus", and "P. hancockii".cite journal|title="Platydoras brachylecis", a new species of thorny catfish (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from northeastern Brazil|first=Nivaldo M.|last=Piorski|coauthors=Garavello, Julio C.; Arce H., Mariangeles; Pérez, Mark H. Sabaj|journal=Neotropical Ichthyology|volume=6|issue=3|pages=481-494|year=2008] "P. costatus" is a common aquarium fish, where it is known more commonly as the Striped Raphael catfish.

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