Opsodoras

Opsodoras
Opsodoras
Opsodoras stuebelii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Doradidae
Genus: Opsodoras
Eigenmann, 1925
Species

Opsodoras boulengeri
    (Steindachner, 1915)
Opsodoras morei
    (Steindachner, 1881)
Opsodoras stuebelii
    (Steindachner, 1882)
Opsodoras ternetzi
    Eigenmann, 1925

Opsodoras is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Doradidae. It contains four species, O. boulengeri, O. morei, O. stuebelii, and O. ternetzi.[1]

Opsodoras species are mostly distributed in the Amazon River basin.[2][3][4] O. morei originates from the Rio Negro basin.[5]

Opsodoras species range from about 10–14 centimetres (3.9–5.5 in) SL.[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf. 
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Oxydoras boulengeri" in FishBase. June 2007 version.
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Oxydoras stuebelii" in FishBase. June 2007 version.
  4. ^ a b Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Oxydoras ternetzi" in FishBase. June 2007 version.
  5. ^ a b Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Oxydoras morei" in FishBase. June 2007 version.


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