Platydoras

Platydoras is a small genus of thorny catfishes native to freshwater habitats in subtropical and tropical South America.[1]

Platydoras
Platydoras armatulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Doradidae
Subfamily: Platydorinae
Genus: Platydoras
Bleeker, 1862
Type species
Silurus costatus
Linnaeus, 1758

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Platydoras in FishBase. July 2018 version.
  2. Sousa, L.M.; M.S. Chaves; A. Akama; J. Zuanon; M.H. Sabaj (2018). "Platydoras birindellii, new species of striped raphael catfish (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from the Xingu Basin, Brazil". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 166 (1): 1–13. doi:10.1635/053.166.0106.


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