Scorpiodoras heckelii

Scorpiodoras heckelii
Scorpiodoras heckelii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Doradidae
Subfamily: Astrodoradinae
Genus: Scorpiodoras
Eigenmann, 1925
Species: S. heckelii
Binomial name
Scorpiodoras heckelii
(Kner, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Doras calderonensis
    Vaillant, 1880
  • Autanadoras milesi
    Fernández-Yépez, 1950

Scorpiodoras heckelii is the only species in the genus Scorpiodoras of the catfish (order Siluriformes) family Doradidae.[1] This species originates from the Negro, Orinoco and upper Amazon river basins and reaches a length of about 16 centimetres (6 in).[2]

References

  1. ^ "Scorpiodoras heckelii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=681279. Retrieved May 22, 2007. 
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Scorpiodoras heckelii" in FishBase. May 2007 version.


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