Anduzedoras oxyrhynchus

Anduzedoras oxyrhynchus
Anduzedoras oxyrhynchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Doradidae
Genus: Anduzedoras
Fernández-Yépez, 1968
Species: A. oxyrhynchus
Binomial name
Anduzedoras oxyrhynchus
(Valenciennes in Humboldt and Valenciennes, 1821)
Synonyms
  • Doras oxyrhynchus
    Valenciennes, 1821
  • Doras ophthalmus
    Kner, 1853
  • Doras lipophthalmus
    Kner, 1855
  • Opsodoras steindachneri
    Eigenmann, 1925
  • Anduzedoras arleoi
    Fernández-Yépez, 1968

Anduzedoras oxyrhynchus is the only species in the genus Anduzedoras of the catfish (order Siluriformes) family Doradidae.[1] This species originates from the Rio Negro and upper Orinoco River basins and reaches a length of about 32 centimetres (13 in).[2]

References

  1. ^ "Anduzedoras oxyrhynchus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=681231. Retrieved May 22, 2007. 
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Anduzedoras oxyrhynchus" in FishBase. May 2007 version.


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